VOL. XLVI

No 48

1-December-2003

IRAN

NIOC Releases Map Of Latest Iranian Exploration Blocks On Offer

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has posted on its website (www.nioc.com) a map of 16 exploration blocks offered recently to international and Iranian firms. The blocks are mainly onshore, but some extend into inshore waters in the Gulf and the Oman Sea (see map below). The Moghan 1, Moghan 2, Tabas and one other block called Makran have been offered before (MEES, 17 November), but the...