Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 52

26-December-2005

QATAR

Redevelopment Of Qatars Al-Shaheen Field To Lift Oil Output By 285,000 B/D

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Maersk on 20 December agreed on a new $5bn plan for further development of the offshore al-Shaheen field in Block 5 that will lift national production by 285,000 b/d when complete in late 2009. Work will commence immediately and continue through the next six years, comprising the drilling of more than 160 additional production and...