Saudi Aramco Makes Oil Discovery South Of Ghawar Field

Saudi Aramco Makes Oil Discovery South Of Ghawar Field

Saudi Aramco announced on 20 February it had made a new oil discovery at a location south of the giant Ghawar field, the first hydrocarbon discovery reported by the company alone in 2007. The Derwaza-1 well flowed oil at 3,915 b/d with 11.9mn cfd of associated gas, SPA cited Oil Minister Ali Naimi as saying. He added that the well was expected to produce at higher levels. Lukoil Saudi Arabia Energy (Luksar) announced on 12 February that following deep exploration drilling on the Tukhman structure in Block A in Saudi Arabia’s Rubʹal-Khali, it had discovered “hydrocarbon accumulations” (MEES, 19 February).

Saudi Aramco Oil, Gas Discoveries: 2005-07

	Field/Region	Discovery	MEESReference
2005	Du΄ayban, Central Province, 125km SE of Riyadh	Oil (3,260 b/d Arabian Super Light)	25 April 2005
	Halfa, Eastern Province, 280km SE of Riyadh	Oil (6,000 b/d Arabian Extra Light)	16 May 2005
	Fazran, Eastern Province, 95km west of Dhahran	Gas/Condensate	4 July 2005
	Muraiqib, Eastern Province	Oil (1,079 b/d Arabian Light)	22 May 2006
	Midrikah, Eastern Province, 240km SE of Riyadh	Gas/Condensate	6 March 2006
2006	Karan, Offshore, 160km north of Dhahran	Gas	24 April 2006
	Zamlah-1, 50km south of Ghawar	Gas/Condensate	10 July 2006
	Al-Kassab-1, 50km south of Ghawar	Gas	18 September 2006
	Najimaan-1, 30km south of Ghawar	Gas	4 December 2006
2007	Derwaza-1, 70km south of Ghawar	Oil/Gas	26 February

Source:  Saudi Aramco.