VOL. XLIV

No. 04

22-January-2001

YEMEN

Occidental/Ansan Wikfs Sign Production-Sharing Agreement Covering Block 44

A consortium comprising Occidental of the US, the local Yemeni firm Ansan Wikfs (Hadhramaut ) Ltd and the state-owned Yemen Oil and Gas Company, a subsidiary of the Yemen General Corporation for Oil and Gas, on 14 January signed a production-sharing agreement with the Ministry of Oil covering the 6,332 sq km East Hazar block No 44 in central Yemen, located north of Nexens (formerly...