"Oil production in the south of Yemen could resume as early as April after OMV, an Austrian company inspected oilfields in the south of Yemen.
This would indicate the first time an international organisation would redeploy oil engineers in the country since the conflict escalated in September 2014.
A team from OMV traveled to Shabwa on Sunday to assess oil production opportunities in the near future.
The Yemeni government-owned news agency, SEBA, cited the company’s intent after witnessing an improvement in security situation in the province, which was liberated last year as the last Houthi-held stronghold in the south.
As the first visit to the oilfield in the southern region, the Austrian company indicated production could begin as early as next month after inspecting a production facility named ‘S3’.
“The company aims to resume the resumption of production at the beginning of the next month," A Yemeni Engineer in the Austrian company told The National.
He said the majority of the Yemeni oil engineers have been tasked by the Austrian company to be on standby for the resumption of operations."
PeterRG
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