Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 1/2

2/9-January-2006

IRAN

NIOC Tenders For 3D Seismic Processing

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has received bids from five pairs of international and Iranian companies for a contract to process 3,200 sq km of 3D seismic data acquired in the Aghajari, Maroun and Kupal oilfields. The data will be used as guidance during further development work, as part of NIOCs continuing effort to counter reservoir decline in its older fields (MEES, 2 May 2005)....