Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 11

16-Mar-2009

CASPIAN

ConocoPhillips Plans To Explore In Kazakhstan’s N Block

ConocoPhillips Vice-President for Exploration Larry Archibald told analysts in New York on 11 March that the company, which has a preliminary agreement for exploration in the N (or Nursultan) block in the Caspian Sea offshore Kazakhstan, plans to start drilling operations by the second quarter of 2010. The company is looking to finalize an exploration and...