VOL. XXXIX

No. 39

24-June-1996

OMAN

Oman Signs Exploration Deals With Triton Energy And Phillips Petroleum

Oman signed last week production sharing agreements with two US firms - Triton Energy Ltd. of Dallas, Texas and Phillips Petroleum of Bartlesville, Oklahoma - covering offshore Block No. 22 (the Masirah block) and the onshore Block No. 36 respectively in south Oman (see map on page A11). These are the second and third agreements for exploration acreage to be awarded by Oman in...