Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 43

25-Oct-2010

YEMEN

Yemen Receives 17 Bids For Exploration Blocks

Yemen has received 17 applications from international oil and gas companies for some of the 10 exploration blocks offered at its third Oil, Gas and Minerals conference earlier this month, Minister of Oil and Minerals Amir al-Aidarus said on 19 October. He did not specify which companies had submitted the bids, or for what blocks, but said that the first memorandum of understanding...