Aramco Makes Seven Oil and Gas Discoveries PDF

Aramco makes seven oil and gas discoveries 02 JULY 2024 | BY INDRAJIT SEN (/AUTHOR/INDRAJIT-SEN) The discoveries were made in the kingdom’s Eastern Province and Empty Quarter Register for MEED's 14-day trial access (https://guest.meed.com/register/) Saudi Aramco has discovered seven oil and gas d...

Aramco makes seven oil and gas discoveries 02 JULY 2024 | BY INDRAJIT SEN (/AUTHOR/INDRAJIT-SEN) The discoveries were made in the kingdom’s Eastern Province and Empty Quarter Register for MEED's 14-day trial access (https://guest.meed.com/register/) Saudi Aramco has discovered seven oil and gas deposits in the kingdom’s Eastern Province and Empty Quarter, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) has reported. The discoveries were announced by Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman. Aramco has discovered “two unconventional oil fields, a reservoir of light Arabian oil, two natural gas fields and two natural gas reservoirs”, SPA said. Two unconventional oil fields and one oil reservoir were discovered by Aramco in the Eastern Province, while two natural gas fields and two reservoirs were found in the Empty Quarter. The Ladam unconventional oil field was discovered in the Eastern Province after the flow of very light Arabian oil in the Ladam-2 well at a rate of 5,100 barrels a day (b/d), accompanied by about 4.9 million cubic feet a day (cf/d) of gas. Al-Farouk unconventional oil field was discovered in the Eastern Province after Arabian ultra-light oil flowed from the Al-Farouk-4 well at a rate of 4,557 b/d, accompanied by about 3.79 million cf/d of gas. The Unayzah B/C reservoir was discovered in the Mazalij field in the Eastern Province after Arabian light oil flowed from the Mazalij-62 well at a rate of 1,780 b/d, accompanied by about 700,000 cf/d of gas. Al-Jahaq field was discovered in the Empty Quarter after natural gas flowed from the Al-Arab-C reservoir in Al-Jahaq-1 well at a rate of 5.3 million cf/d, and from the Al-Arab-D reservoir in the same well at a rate of 1.1 million cf/d. Al-Katuf field was discovered in the Empty Quarter after natural gas flowed into Al-Katuf-1 well at a rate of 7.6 million cf/d, accompanied by about 40 b/d of condensate. The Hanifa reservoir was also discovered in the Asikra field in the Empty Quarter after natural gas flowed in the Asikra-6 well at a rate of 4.9 million cf/d. Natural gas flowed into the same well from Al-Fadhili reservoir at a rate of 600,000 cf/d, accompanied by about 100 b/d of condensates. ALSO READ: Aramco discovers gas fields in Saudi Empty Quarter (https://www.meed.com/aramco-discovers-gas-fields-in-saudi-empty-quarter)