VOL. XLV

No 38

23-September-2002

IRAN

Norsk Hydro Awards $25Mn Anaran Drilling Contract To KCA

Norsk Hydro hasawarded a $25mn contract to the KCA Iran subsidiary of Aberdeens AbbotGroup for a five-well exploration program on the Anaranexploration block in western Iran. TheNational Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) awarded the block to Hydro two-and-a-halfyears ago (MEES, 17 April 2000), but the start of exploration work has been delayed by theneed for landmine clearance before field operations can...