VOL. XXXVI

NO. 29

19-APRIL-1993

OMAN

Oman Signs Oil Exploration Agreement With Kazakhstan

On 8 April Oman signed an oil exploration agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstanunder which it was awarded a concession covering two blocks at Kazakhstan'sAtyrau region with a total of some 16,000 sq. kms. The accord was signed in AlmaAta by Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for Financial and Economic Affairs, Mr. 'Abdal-Mun'im al- Zawawi, and the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Mr.Sa'id bin Ahmed...