DUBAI, July 31 (Reuters) - Oman's ministry of oil and gashas signed a gas exploration agreement with Italy's Eniand BP Oman for concession block 77, the ministry said onits Twitter feed on Wednesday.
The agreement involves seismic studies and the drilling ofexploration wells and it is hoped this could also lead to thediscovery of new oil fields, it said.(Reporting by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Susan Fenton)