France’s Total and Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell are holding talks with Iran over a possible partnership in a proposed project to pipe Iranian gas to Oman for domestic use and for export in liquefied form.

A senior National Iranian Gas Export Company (Nigec) official told Upstream that talks on the project were held over the weekend with Total, Shell, Korean Gas Corporation (Kogas) and Oman’s Petroleum Ministry to discuss the scheme that would supply Oman up to 1.5