VOL. XLI

No. 16

20-April-1998

QATAR

Occidental Plans To Raise Its Crude Oil Output In Qatar To 210,000 B/D

Occidental Petroleum Corporation of the US announced on 15 April that it is planning toboost crude oil output from its Qatar offshore concessions - the Idd el Shargi North Dome(ISND) and the Idd El Shargi South Dome (ISSD) - from the current 125,000 b/d to 210,000b/d by the year 2000. Occidental has been the operator of the ISND field since 1994. LastDecember, the Qatar General Petroleum...