VOL. XLV

No 19

13-May-2002

BAHRAIN/MOROCCO

Petronas To Drill First Bahrain Oil Well InOctober

Malaysias Petronas announced on 21 Aprilthat it will be drilling its first oil well in Bahrain in October. Last September the Bahrain Government announcedthat Petronas was being given the right to carry outoffshore oil and gas exploration in Blocks 4 and 6 (MEES, 1 October 2001). An exploration and production-sharingagreement (EPSA) was signed on 1 November last year and ratified on 2 February,with...