Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 45

8-Nov-2010

QATAR

Question Mark Over 525,000 B/D Al-Shaheen Output Target

Denmarks Maersk is waiting for results of its reservoir study and state-owned Qatar Petroleums authorization before it raises production capacity of Qatars offshore al-Shaheen oil field to 525,000 b/d from 450,000 b/d, MEES learns. It has drilled 163 wells of its $6bn expansion and plans to drill 50 more next year. The original plan called for capacity to be increased from...