QATAR

Details of Sohio's Production Sharing Agreement with Qatar 

The Deputy Director of the Oil Affairs Department of the Qatari Ministry of Finance and Petroleum, Mr. Nasir al-'Ali, disclosed on 3 July the terms of the oil production sharing agreement which was signed on 13 June between Qatar and Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio). The agreement covers an offshore block off the east coast of Qatar (MEES, 17 June).

Mr. al-'Ali said that under the provisions of the agreement...