VOL. XLVI

No 19

12-May-2003

IRAN

Shell Marks Progress On Soroush/Nowruz Development

Shell expects to hand over the Soroush/Nowruz fields joint development project to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) at the end of 2003, according to an article in the latest Shell In The Middle East magazine, published in early May. The article cites Shell Iran Offshore Limited (SIOL) General Manager Jan van Buitenen as saying: We have been producing oil from the Soroush field since 2001, with production...