VOL. XLVII

No 01

5-January-2004

OMAN

Oman To Consider Fate Of Three Offshore Blocks

The Oman government will be continuing consultations in 2004 with US/Norwegian Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) over the fate of three Oman northern offshore blocks that were offered in the 2003 licensing round. International oil companies (IOCs) were given until 15 September 2003 to bid for deepwater blocks 18A, 18B and 41 (MEES, 23 June 2003), but no proposals were received by the deadline, and other ways of...