VOL. XXXIX

No. 51

16-September-1996

OMAN

PDO To Reach 850,000 B/D Output Target By End 1996

It appears that Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) will not be able to reach its 1996 production target of 850,000 b/d until the end of the year, some three months later than originally planned. The company formally approved the 50,000 b/d expansion program at the beginning of this year, when flows were averaging 800,000 b/d (MEES, 11 March). Since then, output has risen nearly 30,000 b/d to around...