VOL. XLV

No 40

7-October-2002

IRAN

Tabnak Gasfield Due On-Stream In Early2003

The National Iranian Oil Company(NIOC) expects to begin production in the Tabnak gasfield in early 2003, according to a report by officialnews agency IRNA on 29 September. First production had been expected tobegin in early 2004, but the agency said development work had been acceleratedby quicker than expected development drilling each well took an average of 75days compared with an anticipated 115 days and by the...