VOL. XLVI

No 38

22-September-2003

SAUDI ARABIA

New Gas/Condensate Field Discovered In Eastern Province

Saudi Aramco has discovered a new gas/condensate field in the Eastern Province of the kingdom, Oil Minister 'Ali Naimi said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on 15 September, adding that the Utad-1 well, drilled on 10 July, was flowing at 32mn cu ft/day of sweet natural gas and 640 b/d of condensate. The Utad field lies approximately 50km west of the Haradh area in the southern part...