Name of the Project
Block 61 – Khazzan and Ghazeer.
Location
Oman.
Project Owner/s
Block 61 ownership comprises bp (60%), Makarim Gas Development (30%) and PC Oman Ventures (10%).
Project Description
With an estimated 10.5-trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas resources, Block 61 has the capacity to deliver about 35% of Oman’s total gas demand.
The development of Block 61 comprises a three-train central gas processing facility, a water treatment plant, 400 km of gas and condensate export pipelines, a waste management area, an electricity substation, almost 500 km of roads and more than 60 km of water pipelines. One-hundred-and-thirty-two wells have been drilled, with more planned over the lifetime of the project.
Phase 1, comprising Khazzan, is producing at design capacity of about one-billion cubic feet of gas a day (bcf/d) and about 35 000 bbl/d of condensate.
Ghazeer is the second phase of the project and follows the successful startup of Phase 1 in September 2017.
Ghazeer will deliver an additional 0.5 bcf/d and more than 15 000 bbl/d of condensate production.
Potential Job Creation
Not stated.
Capital expenditure
Not stated.
Planned Start/End Date
Phase 2 of the Ghazeer project started production in October 2020, 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.
Latest Developments
Production from Block 61 Phase 2 Ghazeer gasfield has started.
Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.
Contact Details for Project Information
BP press office, London: tel +44 (0)20 7496 4076, email bppress@bp.com.