Riyadh, December 29 - Neftegaz.RU. Saudi Aramco has made 4 new oil and gas discoveries in the Kingdom, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Energy, stated.
Aramco’s 1st discovery was of non-conventional oil in Al-Reesh oil field, north-west of Dhahran and drilled Well 2, 3, and 4 well 2 produced:
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4,452 barrels per day (bbl/d) of Arab extra light crude oil
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3.2 million standard cubic feet of natural gas (mmscf)
As for Well 3, its initial production amounted to 2,745 bbl/d of crude oil and 3 mmscf of gas. Well 4 showed a daily flow of crude at 3,654 bbl/d and 1.6 mmscf of natural gas daily.
The 2nd and 3rd discoveries were made at Al-Sarrah reservoir at Al-Minahhaz well, south-west of the Ghawar oil field, and at Al-Sahbaa well, south of Ghawar. Aramco discovered:
The 2nd and 3rd discoveries were made at Al-Sarrah reservoir at Al-Minahhaz well, south-west of the Ghawar oil field, and at Al-Sahbaa well, south of Ghawar. Aramco discovered:
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non-conventional gas of about 18 mmscf/d
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with a daily 98 bbl of condensate in Al-Minahhaz well
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32 mmscf/d of gas from Al-Sahbaa well
The 4th discovery was made in Al-Ajramiyah Well 1, in the north-west of the city of Rafhaa in the Northern Borders Province.
The well test shows a rate of 3,850 bbl/d.
The Energy Minister noted:
The well test shows a rate of 3,850 bbl/d.
The Energy Minister noted:
- the discovery at Al-Reesh field is especially important as it denotes that production is possible at the Tuwaiq Mountain Formation.
- Aramco will determine the size and volume of discovered fields and estimate the amount of oil, gas, and condensate in these fields.
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