Qarn Alam Oil Field

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Summary Information

• Operator: Petroleum Development Oman
• Country: Oman
• Location:
• Production start: 1975
• Partners:
• Type: Oil -
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The field contains a moderately viscous crude in rock that is rather impervious to its flow
• The steam-injection project scope includes drilling some 150 wells and installing facilities to treat water and generate around 18,000 tonnes per day of steam

Contractors

• Process Group:
  • Produced Water Treatment Package
    • 2 x 241,500 BWPD CPI Vessels
    • 4 x 120,100 BWPD IGF Vessels

History

• 1972 - The Qarn Alam field was discovered
• 1975 - First oil production
• 2007 - Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts awarded for the steam-injection project

Geology

• Qarn Alam is a fractured carbonate field

Links

• Process Group Oil And Gas Processing References
• PDO Awards Qarn Alam Steam Project EPC Contracts

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