OMAN

PDO's Reserves Increase by 17.2% in 1983 

The total reserves of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) have increased by 17.2% in 1983, rising from 2,982mn barrels on 1 January 1983 to 3,495mn barrels on 1 January 1984, according to the recently published PDO Annual Report for 1983 (for a summary of the report, see pages D1-D2). Exploration drilling, according to the report, has led to new discoveries of nearly 400mn barrels of oil - an amount in excess of the total produced during...