VOL. XLIII

No. 40

2-OCTOBER-2000

YEMEN

Yemen Ratifies PSA With Australian/UAE Joint Venture For Block 15

On 20 September Yemeni President 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih issued a decree ratifying a production-sharing agreement (PSA) with Australias Oil Search Ltd and the UAEs Mohammad al-Otaiba Group covering oil exploration in the 13,040 sq km offshore Mukalla block 15 off the coast of the Hadhramaut governorate (see Map in MEES, 31 May 1999). Phase one of the agreement requires Oil Search and the Otaiba...