VOL. XLIV

No. 18

30-April-2001

IRAN

OMV Wins Exploration Contract For Irans Mehr License Area

Austrias OMV announced on 23 April the signing of an exploration service contract with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) for the Mehr block, which lies northwest of the Ahwaz oilfield near the Iran-Iraq border. Mehr is one of 17 exploration tracts and 24 oil and gas field development projects offered by NIOC to international companies (MEES, 6 July 1998). OMVs agreement marks the fourth exploration...