VOL. XLVI

No 41

13-October-2003

IRAN

Azadegan Decision Next Year, Says Mirmoezzi

The award of a project for the development of the giant Azadegan oil discovery is not expected until next year, according to Mehdi Mirmoezzi, Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). According to a Reuters report of 6 October, Mr Mirmoezzi said: We hope to announce the outcome for the field within the first half of the next Iranian year, beginning in March 2004 I mean in...