Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 9

28-February-2005

QATAR

Al-Shaheen Crude Output To Double By 2009

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Denmarks Maersk Oil Qatar have drawn up plans to expand crude production from the offshore Al-Shaheen oilfield to 450,000 b/d by 2008-09. Speaking during the inauguration of new facilities for the oilfield on 22 February, Qatars Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry 'Abd Allah al-'Attiyah was reported as saying that crude production would...