VOL. XLVI

No 13

31-March-2003

IRAN

Iranian E&P Disrupted By US War In Iraq

Exploration and production (E&P) operations in one Iranian license area and one field near the border with Iraq have been halted temporarily by the US-led invasion of Iraq. Following the decision by Shell to shut-in production from the Soroush and Nowruz fields as precaution before the hostilities began (MEES, 24 March), no further production has been affected, but work has been disrupted on one of two exploration...