VOL. XLIV

No. 09

26-February-2001

OMAN

Capacity Of PDOs Qarn Alam Pumping Station Rises To 600,000 B/D

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) announced on 19 February that its main pumping station at Qarn Alam in the central region of the country had reopened after the completion of a $15mn upgrade, which has increased capacity by 100,000 b/d to 600,000 b/d. Most of the crude produced by PDO passes through Qarn Alam on its way to the Mina al-Fahal export facility. The pumping station has also been...