OSC/QOSC was invited to tender for Logistics Base Infrastructure and Management Services in September 1999 to Elf Petroleum Iran. This was before the merger of TotalFina and Elf.

Our tender submission presented Elf with the choice of Kish Island, Lavan Island or Jebel Ali.

Elf had experienced many delays in the project primarily due to contract difficulties and engineering projects and the fact that the merger between TotalFina and Elf was ongoing certainly did not help the process.

We were notified very late in 2000 that we had been successful with our bid and that the logistics for Balal would be handled by IOSC through the Jebel Ali facilities. Once again the scope of services is typically as described earlier for Total Sirri.

Elf Balal drilled two exploratory wells and 10 development wells over the course of three years and completed its drilling program late in 2003.