Qarn Alam Oil Field

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