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Oman Tests Shale Gas Reservoirs, Tenders Exploration Blocks

State-controlled, Shell-led consortium Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is testing shale gas deposits in its onshore Block 6, but it is too early in the project for it to give estimated reserves. The results are “very encouraging”, PDO chief Raoul Restucci said recently. “The challenge is threefold. Is it there? Can you drill it? And can you produce it? Yes, we’ve found...