VOL. XLIV

No. 18

30-April-2001

UAE

Norways Atlantis Drills Gas Exploration Well Offshore Ummal-Quwain

The Umm al-Quwain Government announced on 24 April that Norways Atlantis Holding, which last year was granted an exclusive concession for oil and gas exploration and development covering the whole emirate (MEES, 24 April 2000), has started drilling an exploration well, al-Quwain-3, in an offshore gasfield. The new well is the first of four to be drilled over the next 18 months, based on the...