The Qarn Alam field was discovered in 1972 and
brought onstream three years later producing a moderately viscous
crude in a formation that is rather impervious to its flow.
Sami Baqi, the project manager at Qarn AlamHeavy oil is tricky to
recover, says Sami Baqi
When oil wells are first drilled, the oil normally flows up freely
under its
But, the Qarn Alam steam project initiated by PDO is a five-year
project slated between 2007 and 2012, where 130 to 140 wells would be
drilled in the field for this recovery mechanism, said
Qarn Alam, a central Omani field found in 1972, is one of PDO's
difficult oil structures. It has a Lower Cretaceous reservoir yielding
highly viscous oils of 14.8-16 deg. API.
The Al Ghubar/ Qarn Alam license is a
newly-created block designated for exploration and production of
non-associated natural gas and condensate which the Oman Ministry of
Oil and
started evaluating bids for the Qarn Alam steam injection project,
after fresh proposals were submitted by international contractors for
the $1,000 million-plus project.
Qarn Alam is the world's first full-field steam-injection project
based on thermally assisted gas/oil gravity drainage (TAGOGD) in a
fractured carbonate field.
The Qarn Alam field, which was discovered in 1972 and started
producing oil in 1975, contains a moderately viscous crude in rock
that is rather impervious to its flow,
Harvest Natural Resources Signs Al Ghubar / Qarn Alam Exploration and
Production Sharing Agreement with Sultanate of Oman - Quick Facts
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The Al Ghubar / Qarn Alam license is a newly-created block designated
for exploration and production of non-associated gas and condensate
which the Oman Ministry of Oil and Gas has carved out
The Qarn Alam block is in the core
of a proven petroleum basin where we plan to explore for
non-associated gas and condensate in deeper horizons beneath producing
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The Qarn Alam steam project - one of the cornerstones of Petroleum
Development Oman's (PDO) Enhanced Oil Recovery programme - has been
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