Total has signed an exploration and production-sharing agreement for deepwater Block 41 with Oman’s Ministry of Oil & Gas, the company announced today. The block is off the northern Omani coast, northwest of the capital, Muscat. It spans 23850sq km, with depths ranging to 3000m, and has 3700km of previously acquired 2D seismic data coverage. Oman is a small, predominantly onshore producer and is not a member of OPEC.