Khazzan gas field officially inaugurated

The Phase One development started gas production in September 2017, ten years after the signing of BP’s production sharing contract with the Sultanate.

MUSCAT: The first phase of development of Oman’s giant Khazzan gas field was officially inaugurated on Thursday, under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said.

The Phase One development started gas production in September 2017, ten years after the signing of BP’s production sharing contract with Oman, and almost four years after the development was approved.

Speaking at the Khazzan field, Bob Dudley, BP’s Group Chief Executive said, “It is an honour to be here in Oman on this momentous occasion. Although this marks just the beginning of operations for Khazzan, we have already been working towards this for ten years, building close relationships with Oman and our partners. I expect these will continue to grow and deepen.

“Visiting this huge project, that we have together built here in just a few years, I can see why it has been described as ‘the city in the sand’, noted Dudley.

And this city will deliver benefits for Oman and BP for decades to come. With an estimated 10.5 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas resources in place in Khazzan, this is very much just the start of the journey.”

Eng. Isam bin Saud al-Zidjali, CEO of Oman Oil Company, commented, “As an investment arm of the Sultanate in the energy sectors, we in Oman Oil are honoured to be part of the Khazzan Project and help maximise the value of Oman’s natural resources. I am delighted by the fact that the project has contributed to the sustainable development of the nation on many fronts, including human capital development, new technology applications, and social responsibility, to name only a few.”

Phase One of the Khazzan development will include 200 wells feeding into a two-train central processing facility. At peak, the Phase One development involved a workforce of some 13,500. Phase One production is expected to plateau at 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day (bcf/d).

When the second phase of development of the Khazzan field — known as Ghazeer — is fully onstream, total production is expected to rise to 1.5 bcf/d. –

– ONA SECURING SUPPLIES: In total, approximately 300 wells are to be drilled over the estimated lifetime of these two phases of development of the Khazzan field.