VOL. XXXII

NO. 7

21-NOVEMBER-1988

IRAN

Iran Caps Offshore Wells

Iranian experts have capped wells at the offshore Reshadat field in thecentral Gulf and well No. 16 at the Soroush (Cyrus) field near Kharg Island,according to a statement by the Iranian news agency IRNA on 16 November. Nofurther details were given.

On 19 October 1987 the US navy attacked two Iranian offshore fields,Resalat (Rostam) and Reshadat (Rakhsh), after the US-reflagged Kuwaiti tankerSea Oil City struck a mine in the Gulf. Last...