Oman’s PDO announces large gas discovery

25 March 2018
Petroleum Development Oman has found considerable gas reserves in the Mabrouk field

State-owned Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has reported a sizable gas find in Oman’s Mabrouk field, according to the sultanate’s state-run Oman News Agency.

The discovery is worth an estimated 4 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable gas and 112 million barrels of condensates.

The announcement came during an annual media briefing conducted by the Ministry of Oil and Gas. No further details of the find, which took place in the northern part of PDO’s concession area.

According to a local news report, five wells have already been drilled in the Mabrouk field, all of which have already encountered gas. Of the five, one is already producing and a second will be brought online soon.

Work is also progressing on an additional two appraisal wells.

According to the ministry, Oman’s total oil and condensate reserves stood at 4.74 billion barrels at the end of 2017, along with gas reserves of 24.96 tcf.

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