almotamar.net google - Yemen has signed a $22.2 million oil exploration deal with a consortium led by the Yemen arm of Australia's Oil Search, the official Saba news agency reported on Sunday.

The two-stage production sharing deal involves blocks 7 and 74 in the country's sourth east, the agency said.

The Australian firm's partners include state-owned Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. and Australia's Voyager Energy.