OMAN QUICKLY DEVELOPS RANGE OF OIL AND GAS FIELDS
March 1st, 2009
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE ARABIAN Sultanate of Oman's two-year long talks with Iran to jointly develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) fields and establish a company to market LNG exports have yet to bear fruit. But while talks are still ongoing, Oman is developing its West Bukha field (off the Musandam Peninsula at the mouth of the Persian Gulf), with the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Petroleum. And it is rolling out an Enhanced Oil Recovery programme, which includes the first thermally assisted Gas Oil Gravity Drainage (GOGD) facility of its kind in ...
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