VOL. XLVI

No 29

21-July-2003

SAUDI ARABIA

Oil Ministry Announces New Oil Discoveries

Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi announced two new hydrocarbon discoveries on 16 July made by Saudi Aramco in the central and southeastern regions of the country. Mr Naimi told the Saudi Press Agency that one discovery was in the Mazaleez field in the al-Gazal area 150km south of Riyadh, where a well was producing 2,050 b/d of 48 API oil and 4.7mn cfd of associated gas, while the main discovery had been in...