VOL. XLVI

No 22

2-June-2003

OMAN

Willbros Wins Gas Pipeline Contract In Block 9

Willbros of the US announced on 8 May that it had been awarded a $20mn contract by Occidental Oman to build a 167km natural gas pipeline in Block 9 (Sunainah) in the northwest of the country. The pipeline will link the block with the government gas grid. Last month Occidental said it had reached an agreement to sell 120-130mn cf/d of natural gas from Block 9 to the Omani government, beginning mid-year 2004 (MEES, 5...