A consistent theme in Oman’s energy landscape over the past decade has been the rapid growth of its gas sector. IOCs have led the charge in bringing record amounts of gas online, while Oman’s gas grid operator is expanding capacity across the network to ensure that takeaway capacity keeps up with the upstream growth.
This focus on the gas sector can be traced back to a single sector-defining change: the discovery and development of the massive Khazzan unconventional gas field on Block 61 in the center of the country. Back in 2017, BP brought the 1bn cfd Khazzan first phase online, followed by a further 500mn cfd under the second phase Ghazeer expansion in 2020. (CONTINUED - 914 WORDS)
