VOL. XL

No. 40

6-October-1997

OMAN

Thailand Looks Favorably On LNG Imports, But Delay In Supply Deal With Oman Likely

It seems certain that Thailand will ask Oman to delay first deliveries of liquefiednatural gas under a previously negotiated sales and purchase contract between Oman LNG andstate-owned Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT). That, at least, is likely to be themessage conveyed by Thai Industry Minister Korn Dabbaransi when he visits Muscat at theend of this month. But the...