VOL. XL

No. 30

28-July-1997

OMAN/UAE

Oman Shelves Gas Pipeline Project To Dubai

Oman has abandoned plans to supply natural gas to the UAE emirate of Dubai owing to itslimited gas reserves, according to a statement published in the UAE weekly EmiratesToday by the Omani Minister of Petroleum and Minerals, Mr. Sa'id bin Ahmadal-Shanfari. The project is one of several mooted by Dubai in recent years to ensure theemirate with long-term gas supplies from the Gulf producers (for details, see MEES,29...