BP is updating the field development plan for Block 61 (BP 40%op, OQEP 30%, Petronas 10%), which is home to the massive 1.5bn cfd Khazzan/Ghazeer gas development, Oman’s largest non-associated gas asset. It is looking to add up to 2tcf to its original 10.5tcf of reserves to provide feedstock for a fourth LNG train at Oman’s current three-train 11.4mn t/y facility in Sur (MEES, 7 March).
In its 17 August 1H results call, state upstream firm OQEP says output from the block will increase to 1.8bn cfd. “The idea is to increase the production from 1.5bn cfd to 1.8bn cfd, adding 300mn cfd additional production,” says commercial chief executive Anwar al-Kharusi, adding “this will be additionally produced for the next 15-20 years dependent upon the agreement that will regulate the fourth LNG train investment.” (CONTINUED - 310 WORDS)
