Petrogas E&P through its subsidiary Petrogas Malih farmed –in Block 45 & 48 , Oman with 50% interest. As per the farm-in terms, Petrogas (non-operator) will operate for drilling of first two wells on behalf of Maersk (operator). The drilling of the first well is expected in the second half of 2008.

Block 45 & 48 are on trend from Block 7 fields and contain the unappraised Malih-1 discovery drilled by PDO in 1984. Reservoir in the area are Permean Gharif, Khuff and Cretaceous Shuaiba.