Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 -- Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has let a contract to PT MedcoEnergi Internasional Tbk., Jakarta, for a program to develop a cluster of 18 small oil fields in the Nimr-Karim area of southern Oman.
MedcoEnergi will submit a work program for the fields covering exploratory appraisal, subsurface studies, well engineering, facilities construction, operations, and maintenance.
In 2005, the contract area contributed about 3% to PDO's total production. Officials said it currently produces 18,000 b/d of crude oil.
PDO owners are the Omani government 60%, Royal Dutch Shell PLC 34%, Total SA 4%, and Participations & Explorations (Partex) 2%.
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