Oman discovers new oil and gas reserves

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) says it has found significant volumes of natural gas in a new field and in an extension to an existing field.

PDO says the newly discovered field, Simr, is close to the existing Nihayda gas field, where the company operates one of its four gas processing plants on behalf of the government.

The field extension was discovered by the exploration appraisal well Burhaan West-3, which is currently being tested.

 's Total and Partex from Portugal, said it has also found significant new volumes of oil at the Budour Northeast oil field.

Further oil reserves may also have been found in a rock formation at the Rabab-Southeast field, with the results of the well test still to be evaluated.

Both fields are located in the south of the country, near the Birba field.