Oman
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October 12, 2020
Total production capacity from Block 61 is expected to rise to 1.5 Bcfd and more than 65,000 bpd 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.
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September 2020
Effective management of reservoir sweep, with regard to wellbore influx, is an inherent issue affecting horizontal well lengths. As an active, self-regulating technology, autonomous inflow control devices respond to viscosity changes to choke water and gas more effectively, increasing production and sustainability.
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June 18, 2020
Independent global completions service company Tendeka has been awarded a five-year contract extension to supply a major operator with zonal isolation technologies for all fields in Oman.
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June 09, 2020
Occidental Petroleum Corp. is reviewing options for its Middle Eastern assets as it seeks ways to reduce its debt pile, people familiar with the matter said.
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October 22, 2019
Petrofac will provide FEED and conceptualization studies to clients in Oman and Libya following the award of a clutch of new contracts.
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September 2019
Another mixed outlook awaits the E&P sector
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July 31, 2019
BP and Eni today signed an exploration and production sharing agreement for Block 77 in central Oman, covering a total area of more than 2,700 square kilometers.
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July 28, 2019
Omani officials are in talks with ‘all parties’ to restore stability to the Strait of Hormuz after recent threats to oil tankers and the freedom of navigation, Foreign Minister Yousef Bin Alawi said after discussions with Iranian officials in Tehran.
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July 15, 2019
McDermott International, Inc., announced it has been awarded a sizeable contract by Total Oman E&P Development B.V. in partnership with Oman Oil Company S.O.A.C. to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the Sohar LNG bunkering project in Oman.
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May 19, 2019
KBR, Inc. has announced it has been awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract by Oman LNG L.L.C for the debottlenecking of their facility at Sur in the Sultanate of Oman.
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April 25, 2019
Petrofac has secured a number of new awards and contract extensions, with a combined value of over $30 million, to provide training solutions for key national oil company and international oil company clients in Oman, the UAE and Iraq.
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April 08, 2019
Total and the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Sultanate of Oman (MOG) have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) for the award to Total of an exploration license on Block 12 with significant prospective gas resources.
Article
February 2019
The Huizhou 32-5 oil field comprehensive adjustment/Huizhou 33-1 oil field joint development project reportedly started production.
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January 14, 2019
Following recent announcements of Eni S.p.A.’s acquisition of new exploration acreage in Bahrain, the UAE and Oman, Will Scargill, senior oil & gas analyst at GlobalData offers his view on their place within the company’s wider strategy.
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January 14, 2019
BP and Eni have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) with the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Sultanate of Oman to work jointly towards a significant new exploration opportunity in Oman.
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January 03, 2019
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced that its subsidiary DNO Oman Block 8 Limited has relinquished operatorship and participation in Oman Block 8 to the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Oil and Gas (MOG) and state-owned Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production LLC (OOCEP).
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January 02, 2019
Oman’s government, whose budget deficit is among the largest of all the sovereigns tracked by Fitch Ratings, will tap capital markets for a fourth straight year to plug a fiscal gap vulnerable to lower oil prices.
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December 31, 2018
CET Tethys Oil has entered into an agreement to acquire a 2% participating interest in Block 53 onshore Oman from Total E&P Oman, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total S.A.
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December 17, 2018
Petrofac has been awarded a contract worth around $115 million for the development of the Qarn Alam Co-Generation Project, located 350 km southwest of Muscat, Oman.
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December 11, 2018
Baker Hughes, a GE company joined forces with the Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to open its first artificial lift systems assembly and repair facility in Oman to support PDO’s operations and other customers in the region, with the aim of optimizing production, saving costs and enhancing oil production.
