Oil exploration blocks in Yemen (c.1997)
| Block |
Name |
Companies |
Area km2 |
| 1 |
Amakeen |
Sun Company (US) |
2,182 |
| 2 |
Al-Maabar |
Crescent Petroleum Company (UEA); Clyde Petroleum (UK); C Itoh & Company (Japan); Indonesia Petroleum (Inpex – Japan); Agip (Italy) |
4,019 |
| 3 |
Ariq |
Chevron Corporation (US); Agip (Italy) |
2,952 |
| 4 |
Eyad |
Nimir Petroleum Company (Cayman Islands) |
1,993 |
| 5 |
Janna |
Hunt Oil Company (UK); Exxon Corporation (US); Total (France); Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec - Kuwait); Machinoimport (Soviet Union) Zarubezhgeologia (Soviet Union) |
2,180 |
| 6 |
Iryam |
George Strake (US); Majid Rifat (US; Egypt); Jamjoom (Saudi Arabia) - Cancelled as of 1 March 1992 |
1,224 |
| 7 |
Barqa |
The British Petroleum Company (BP); Furnet Investment (Gibraltar-based) |
4,947 |
| 8 |
Asakir |
BP; Furnet |
4,735 |
| 9 |
Al-Hajar |
Crescent; British Gas (UK) |
4,728 |
| 10 |
East Shabwa |
Total; Kufpec; Union Oil Company of California (Unocal - US) Pecten (US) |
15,827 |
| S1 |
Damis |
Shoseki Overseas Oil Development Company (Sodec - Japan); Royal Dutch; Shell Group (UK; Netherlands); Vintage Petroleum (US) |
3,879 |
| S2 |
Uqla |
Occidental Petroleum Company (US); Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC — US) |
2,808 |
| 11 |
Sirr-Hazar |
Elf Petroland (Netherlands) |
47,217 |
| 12 |
North Sanau |
Tullow Oil (Ireland); Bin Ham Group (UAE); Coplex (Yemen); Pecten; Atlantic Richfield Company (Arco — US) |
15,940 |
| 13 |
Ramah |
Red Eagle Resources Corporation (US) |
7,200 |
| 14 |
Masila |
Canadian Occidental Petroleum; CCC; Pecten; Occidental |
35,548 |
| 16 |
Qamar |
Nimir |
8,544 |
| 18 |
Marib; al-Jawf |
Hunt; Exxon; Yukong (South Korea); Korean Petroleum Development Corporation; Hyundai (South Korea); Samwhan (South Korea) |
8,445 |
| 20 |
Upper Wadi al-Jawf |
International Petroleum Corporation ([PC — Canada); Phillips Petroleum Company (US) |
4,222 |
| 23 |
Antufash |
BP |
13,040 |
| 29 |
South Sanau |
Nimir |
12,634 |
| 30 |
Habrout |
Petro-Canada; Sun |
12,083 |
| 32 |
Hoowarin |
Clyde; Norsk Hydro (Norway); Oranje-Nassau Energie (Netherlands); Ansan Wikfs (Yemen) |
7,000 |
| 33 |
Furt |
Nimir |
N; A |
| 35 |
Hood |
Lasmo (UK); British Gas; Idemitsu Oil & Gas (Japan); Coplex; Hoodoil (Yemen) |
7,395 |
