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Geosciences students get to know new Khazzan field

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MUSCAT: Dr Edward Warren, Geological Operations Manager for BP Oman, gave a presentation on ‘Khazzan Field, Block 61 Oman: Optimisation of the field development plan through continuous learning and technology’ at the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) last week. He spoke about the new BP gas field Khazzan and shared his rich practical experience in the oil and gas sector with a large number of Bachelor students in geosciences and engineering.


The talk was part a series of industry talks organised by the Faculty of Science at GUtech. The Khazzan Project (Block 61) is the largest unconventional gas project in the Middle East, aiming to produce around 1.5 billion cubic feet of gas daily by 2020.


BP Oman is expected to deliver first gas by end of 2017 from deeply buried unconventional so-called Barik and Amin reservoirs. Dr Edward Warren commented: “The 10.5 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas reserves are located in extremely old, dense and hard rocks some five kilometres beneath the surface. Both drilling through the rock and the hydraulic fracturing required to coax the gas into a borehole and out of the well require advanced expertise and technology.”


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