VOL. XLVI

No 45

10-November-2003

IRAN

Mansouri Production Continues Despite Courts Closure Order

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) continued production from the Mansouri oilfield last week despite a court order requiring it to be closed down over a land dispute, MEES understands. The official news agency IRNA reported on 1 November that NIOC was ordered to close-in Mansouri production on 31 October by a local court in Khuzestan province, which sat on 29 October. The closure order was said to...