VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 42

17-JULY-1995

Oman

France's Total Signs Exploration Deal In Central Oman

France's Total on 9 July signed an upstream oil concession agreement coveringsome 26,000 sq. kms. (25,000 kms. onshore and 1,000 kms. offshore in shallowwater) in east central Oman. The concession, known as Block No. 4, was formerlyheld 100% by Germany's Wintershall which relinquished the acreage in March 1992.The acreage has been open since the Wintershall relinquishment. According to astatement released...