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Progress reported in Oman’s upstream

OMAN TWO significant updates were provided this final stage of the Bisat oilfield in Block 60 Abu
week on progress in the Omani upstream; at Tabul, according to a company statement to
Block 10 and Block 60, respectively. press. In November, OQ commissioned the third
The partners developing Block 10 – Shell crude oil processing plant at Bisat, contributing
(operator, 53.45%), state oil firm OQ (13.36%) to increasing the field’s production capacity to
and the Marsa Liquefied Natural Gas joint ven- 60,000 barrels per day (bpd), further enhancing
ture (JV) between TotalEnergies and OQ has OQ’s share of the Sultanate of Oman’s total oil
taken 33.19% – began gas production from the production.
Mabrouk North-East field. Bisat was discovered in 2017 and includes
Block 10 lies within the Greater Barik area about 165 oil wells. It consists of three crude oil
in central Oman and was previously part of the processing plants. The crude oil processing plant
giant Block 6 concession. “A” started its operation in August 2019, and
Mabrouk North East was discovered by crude oil processing plant “B” started its opera-
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in 2017. tion in September 2021. The crude oil processing
A year later, the company said that Mabrouk plant “C” was commissioned on a trial basis on
was estimated to contain recoverable reserves of November 9, 2022.
113bn cubic metres of gas and 112mn barrels of OQ successfully increased the production of
condensate. The area is also home to Mabrouk Bisat from 5,000 bpd in 2019 to 55,000 bpd by
West. Q3 last year, the fastest annual growth of oilfield
Meanwhile, Shell and Energy Development production in the region.
Oman (EDO), to which PDO’s 100% ownership The initiative is part of OQ’s contribution
of the gas in Block 6 and 60% of the oil was trans- to support the government’s efforts in enabling
ferred last year, signed an agreement to process national companies to carry on work in the areas
the natural gas from Block 10 at EDO’s Saih Rawl of oil exploration and production.
gas processing facilities. The commissioning of this important project
The partners aim to reach a production makes OQ one of Oman’s largest oil producers,
capacity of 500mn cubic feet (14.16mn cubic bringing its production capacity to 219,000 bar-
metres) per day by mid-2024. rels of equivalent oil per day (boepd), represent-
To the west, OQ said it would inaugurate the ing 12.6% of Oman’s total oil production.™

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