Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 27

4-July-2005

QATAR

Qatars Crude Oil Production Set To Exceed 960,000 B/D By End-2006

Maersks oil production expansion at its 100%-held Shaheen field earlier this year will enable Qatar to lift national planned oil production capacity to above 960,000 b/d by end-2006,MEES learns. Following the inauguration of the Al-Shaheen Field Development Plan 2001 in February this year, field production capacity is set to increase from the present 240,000 b/d under a...