VOL. XLII

No. 22

31-May-1999

IRAN

Norwegian Firm Poised To Begin Major Seismic Program InIrans Offshore Sector

MEES learns that the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)has authorized a Norwegian service company to begin a major seismic programcovering the entire Iranian offshore sector. The company, part of the NorexGroup, plans to shoot some 100,000 kilometers of 2D seismic over a twokilometer by two kilometer grid stretching from one end of the Gulf to theother. The seismic project, called...