VOL. XLIII

No. 51

18-December-2000

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Aramco Discovers New Gasfield In Eastern Province

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi on 8 December announced that Saudi Aramco had discovered a new non-associated gas and condensate field in the Eastern Province of the kingdom. Drilling of Mazalij-24 began on 1 July and a test was carried out on 27 September. Mazalij-24 is situated on the eastern edge of the Mazalij oilfield, some 28km north of the recently discovered al-Ghazal gasfield, 80km...