New Onshore Field Discoveries Announced In Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia

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Dhahran-based Saudi Aramco has announced new onshore field discoveries - one in the eastern portion of Rub al Khali (Maqam) Field and one east of Ghawar Field. According to a ministry spokesman, the company has also made two nonassociated gas field discoveries: Edme, west of Haradh, and Murooj in the Rub al Khali. An offshore discovery, Faskar, was also announced, in the Saudi sector of the Persian Gulf near Berri Field. Saudi Arabian crude reserves were put at 261.1 Bbbl in 2015, with gas reserves up from 294 Tcf in 2014 to 297.6 Tcf in 2015.