Developing northern Oman gas projectÊ

"The Ministry of Oil and Gas in the Sultanate of Oman took first delivery of natural gas from the Northern Oman Gas Joint Venture (NOGJV), four months ahead of schedule," reported yesterday Oman's news agency ONA.

The report said "Occidental of Oman Inc. and Mitsui E&P Middle East B.V. each hold a 65% and 35% respectively interest in the NOGJV."

The ONA report added "The NOGJV project is targeted at developing the associated and non-associated gas reserves of Block 9, currently estimated at more than 400 billion cubic feet gross and estimated associated liquids volumes of over 1.9 million barrels.The project will allow the government of Oman to sell gas, which was previously utilized in normal operations or flared."