VOL. XXXV

NO. 5

4-NOVEMBER-1991

Yemen

Nimr Petroleum Selects Arco as Operator for Shabwa Oil-fields

MEES is reliably informed that Nimr Petroleum Company (NPC) - which recentlyconcluded a production sharing deal with the Yemen for the 1,930-sq. km. ShabwaBlock 4 (for details see MEES, 21 October) - has signed an agreement withAtlantic Richfield (Arco) of the US to act as operator for the block on aservice contract basis. However, Arco has an option to farm into the productionsharing arrangement,...