VOL. XXXIX

No. 34

20-May-1996

IRAN

Iran Will Take 10% Share In Azerbaijan's Offshore Shakh- Deniz Field

The President of Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company SOCAR, Mr. Natik Aliyev, announced on 12 May that Iran will be given a 10% stake in the company being set up to develop the offshore Shakh-Deniz oilfield. Pressure from the US caused Iran to be excluded from the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) when it was established last year to develop the offshore Azeri, Chirag...