BP, in partnership with OQ, PETRONAS, and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in Oman, announced in mid-October that production had begun from the Block 61 Phase 2 Ghazeer gas field, 33 months after the development was approved.
Ghazeer was initially expected to come into production in 2021. The first phase of development of Block 61—Khazzan—was brought online in September 2017.
Total production capacity from Block 61, comprising both Khazzan and Ghazeer, is expected to rise to 1.5 Bcf/D of gas and more than 65,000 B/D of associated condensate. With an estimated 10.5 Tcf of recoverable gas resources, the block has the capacity to deliver approximately 35% of Oman’s total gas demand. The block is one of the Middle East’s largest tight-gas accumulations, in which gas lies at depths of up to 5 km in narrow bands of hard, dense rock.
BP holds 60% interest, Makarim Gas Development Limited (OQ) 30%, and PC Oman Ventures Ltd. (Petronas) 10%.