VOL. XLVI

No 12

24-March-2003

IRAN

Shell Evacuates Soroush/Nowruz Offshore Staff

Shell began evacuating offshore workers from the Soroush and Nowruz field facilities in the northern Gulf on 18 March, as a precaution against attack once the US invasion of Iraq is underway. A Shell official told MEES on 19 March that the production facilities had been shut in. The two fields are under development by Shell as part of an $800mn project requiring the refurbishment of platforms and the installation of a...