Block 10 East Shabwa Oil and Gas Fields

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Total
  • Country: Yemen
  • Location: Hadramout, southeastern Yemen
  • Production start: 1997
  • Partners: Occidental (28.57%), Comeco (28.57%), Kufpec (14.28%) and Total (28.57%)
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

+++ Description

  • Block 10 in East Shabwa, was awarded in 1987 for a permit of 1,070 sq km.
  • Includes a number of oil fields including Kharir, Atuf, Jathma and Wadi Tariba fields.
  • Oil is produced through more than 50 wells and transported by pipelines towards the Indian Ocean

+++ Contractors

  • **ENPPI:** Kharir Development Project - EPC of crude stabilization unit

+++ History

  • 1987 - Permit for the block awarded
  • 1997 - First oil produced
  • 1999 - Occidental acquired a stake from Unocal

+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. Total in Yemen
  2. ENPPI Oil and Gas Processing References
  3. Unocal, Occidental agree to swap interests in Bangladesh and Yemen E&P assets
  4. "Total" Resumed Production of Oil & Gas Field in Hadramout