VOL. XXXIX

No. 37

10-June-1996

OMAN

Japex Signs Exploration Deal For Acreage In Southern Oman

Japan Petroleum Exploration Ltd. (Japex), which last week signed an upstream oil concession agreement covering some 6,478 sq. kms. in the Dhofar region in southern Oman, is the first company to conclude an exploration deal for acreage included in the country's latest licensing round. The concession, known as Block No. 35, is one of 13 exploration blocks put out to tender last August by the...