Eni Agrees to Share Exploration, Production Rights for Oman Field
January 14 2019 - 4:22AM
Dow Jones News
By Cristina Roca
ENI SpA (ENI.MI) said Monday that it has agreed to share
exploration and production rights for a field in Oman with Oman Oil
Company Exploration and Production (OOCEP) and the government of
Oman.
The Italian energy company said that under the agreement, it
will be the operator of the block with a 90% participating
interest, while OOCEP, which is owned by the Omani state, holds the
remaining 10%.
The agreement concerns Block 47, which covers an area of about
8,524 square kilometers and is located onshore in the A'Dakhiliyah
Governorate, Eni said.
Exploration is expected to start this year.
Eni said it has also signed a head of agreement with BP PLC
(BP.LN) and Oman's ministry of oil and gas. The agreement sets up
the principles to acquire exploration and production rights to
block 77 in onshore Oman, whereby Eni and BP would each hold 50%,
with Eni acting as operator during the exploration phase, Eni
said.
Eni expects the agreement for the block 77 to follow shortly, it
said in a press release.
Write to Cristina Roca at cristina.roca@dowjones.com;
@_cristinaroca
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 14, 2019 04:07 ET (09:07 GMT)
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