>That's what Statoil thought.......

When you’re dancing with the Devil you can expect a bruised toe ;) Really, they haven’t done too bed over there aside from their experience in the Anaran field.

“Statoil has an office in Tehran. In 2002 the Group signed a contract to be the operator for the development of the gas and condensate field South Pars 6, 7 and 8 in the Iranian sector of the Persian Gulf.

The development is now complete and the last platform began production in 2009. The Iranian oil company NIOC has now taken over as operator for the field

Statoil has previously taken part ii exploration and drilling activities in the country on the Anaran field. The work on this project has been stopped for the time being.”

http://www.statoil.com/en/About/Worldwide/Iran/Pages/SouthPars.aspx