VOL. XXXIV

NO. 6

12-NOVEMBER-1990

Oman

Brown and Root Awarded $200mn Contract for Lekhwair Development Project

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded the main development contractfor the Lekhwair oilfield in northwest Oman, worth $200mn, to the US firm Brownand Root. The project, which was given the go-ahead by PDO last May (MEES, 7May) aims at raising the field's output from the current 24,000 b/d to 110,000b/d by 1994 and to nearly double that amount by the year 2000. The entireproject is...