SAUDI ARABIA
 
Aramco Starts Up 900,000 b/d Manifa Field
 
State-owned Saudi Aramco has started production at its Manifa oil field three months ahead of schedule, it announced on 15 April. It will ramp up production to 500,000 b/d by July and 900,000 b/d by end 2014. Its output will replace depletion at mature fields and will keep production capacity at 12.5mn b/d. Aramco plans for each of its capacity increases to be sustainable for 30 years. The project came in...