Iran, Oman to sign gas deal in Isfahan

LONDON, March 15 (IranMania) - Iran and Oman inked a gas deal in Isfahan on Tuesday for export of 10 bln cubic meters of gas a year as of 2006.

Under the protocol, signed by Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and his Omani counterpart Mohammad Bin Hamad al Rumhi on the sidelines of the 135th Ordinary Meeting of the OPEC Conference (March 5-6), Iran would export 10 billion cubic meters of gas to the Omani sultanate through a sub-seabed pipeline a year.

Under the lucrative deal the gas would be exported from Iran's Assalouyeh in southwestern Bushehr province as of 2006

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