BP of the UK and Italian energy company Eni have signed an exploration and production sharing agreement with the Sultanate of Oman for a block in the centre of the country amid a revived domestic natural gas sector, rising liquefied natural gas exports and plans for a small-scale LNG plant for maritime fuel.
East African exploration and production is now gathering pace with Mozambique developing multiple LNG projects, Tanzania looking to monetize discovered gas reserves and now Kenya entering the race with Italian energy company Eni and Qatar Petroleum joining forces offshore.
French energy major Total and the Sultanate of Oman have signed an accord for the development of an onshore natural gas block that will provide feed-gas for liquefied natural gas production reserved for LNG fuel for shipping in the Arabian Peninsula.