VOL. XXXIV

NO. 41

15-JULY-1991

Iran

Snam/TPL Awarded Drilling Contract for Offshore South Pars Gasfield

Italy's Snam Progetti of the ENI group, together with TechnologieProgettiLavori (TPL), has won a $37mn contract from Iran's NIOC for drilling inthe offshore south Pars gasfield. The south Pars field is an extension inIranian waters of Qatar's huge North offshore gasfield. The first well in thefield is currently being drilled by a consortium of Saipem/TPL and Sovietpartners, and had reached a...