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Eni SpA, Thailand's PTTEP win oil exploration rights in Abu Dhabi

Despite paring its current production, the UAE is working to build greater future capacity

The proposed policy would encourage private sector investment and help bring in world-class exploration and production technologies
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The proposed policy would encourage private sector investment and help bring in world-class exploration and production technologies

Anthony DiPaola, Mahmoud Habboush & Manus Cranny | Bloomberg
Eni SpA and Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production secured rights to explore for oil and natural gas in Abu Dhabi, committing to invest at least $230 million to assess the offshore fields.

The concession will be operated by Eni, and will be fully-owned by the Italian company and the government-owned Thai producer. Abu Dhabi National Oil will have the option of retaining 60 percent of the fields once they reach the production phase. “We are engaging with partners who actually put skin in the game,” Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Chief Executive Officer of government-owned Adnoc, said at a conference in Abu

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