In early April 2020, Occidental of Oman Inc (Oxy) completed operations at the Artal 1 exploration well in its 4,080 sq km Block 9 (Suneinah) licence. No result has been reported however a 2-7/8" completion has been run. The 6-1/8" lateral hole reached a TD of 3,232 m. The initial pilot hole was drilled to a depth of 3,085 m. Artal 1 was spudded on 24 February 2020 and has an initial PTD of approximately 3,073 m. Following the exploration and production sharing agreement revision in early-2017, participants in Block 9 are Occidental of Oman Inc. (50% - operator), OQ Upstream (45%) and Mitsui E&P Middle East BV (MEPME) (5%).
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