VOL. XLIV

No. 09

26-February-2001

QATAR

'Attiyah Approves Plan To Increase Output From Maersks Al-Shaheen Field To 200,000 B/D

Qatars Oil Minister, 'Abd Allah al-'Attiyah, announced on 15 February that he had approved a development plan for the expansion of crude production from Maersks offshore al-Shaheen field in block 5 from the current rate of 112,000 b/d to 200,000 b/d. The program, which will be completed in 3-4 years, was prepared in close cooperation with Qatar Petroleum (QP). Final...