VOL. XLV

No 31

5-August-2002

QATAR

Al-Shaheen Crude ProductionCapacity To Reach 200,000 B/D By Year-End

MEES learns that production capacityat Qatarsoffshore al-Shaheen oilfield is expected to reach200,000 b/d by the end of the year. The field is currently producing 160,000b/d of 28.5 API crude with a sulfur content of 0.2%.In October of last year, MaerskOil Qatar,operator of the field, awarded a $250mn construction contract to South Koreas Hyundai HeavyEngineering Industries as part of a $1.2bn...