bp plc has let a 3-year contract extension to Special Technical Services Worley Integrated Solutions (SWIS), a joint venture of Worley and Special Technical Services LLC, to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for its Block 61 (Khazzan and Ghazeer) gas assets in the Sultanate of Oman.
The initial 5-year contract between the parties was agreed in 2018 and a 2-year extension signed in 2022 (OGJ Online, Nov. 18. 2022).
Contract services include ongoing gas field development as well as brownfield modifications of certain operational assets including the central processing plant, Worley said in a release dated Dec. 5.
Oman Block 61 gas production, distribution
Production from the block's first development phase, Khazzan, began in 2017 (OGJ Online, Sept. 25, 2017). Production from the second phase, Ghazeer, began in October 2020. Combined, Khazzan and Ghazeer produce 1.5 bcfd of gas and more than 60,000 b/d of associated condensate, according to bp's website.
Gas from the block is distributed for domestic consumption via Oman’s national gas grid, while also boosting availability of feedstock supply for Oman LNG. Recoverable gas resources at the block, estimated at 10.5 tcf, could deliver about 35% of Oman’s total gas demand, bp has said.
bp is the operator of Block 61 with 40% interest. Partners are Makarim Gas Development Ltd. (30%), PTTEP (20%), and Petronas subsidiary PC Oman Ventures Ltd. (10%).
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