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Article: Aramco gears up for Manifa drilling.(Saudi Arabian Oil Co.)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- March 17, 2006
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Saudi Aramco is expected to issue a tender by early June for a contract to carry out a 3D/2D seismic survey of the Manila field in the Eastern Province, as part of its redevelopment plan. A capital expenditure of at least $1,000 million is planned to initially produce 300,000 barrels a day (b/d) of Arabian Heavy crude.
Aramco plans to increase capacity, in stages, to about 1 million b/d. The offshore field is planned to be brought into full production by 2009/10 (MEED 13:1:06).
Located southeast of Safaniya, the Manila field was first brought into production in 1964 through the drilling of eight wells. However, the facilities were mothballed soon after.