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Article: ABU DHABI - ADCO's Operations & Oilfields.
- Article from:
- APS Review Gas Market Trends
- Article date:
- January 13, 2003
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Bab is a giant oilfield rich in natural gas. Its oil production capacity was developed in the 1970s to more than 75,000 b/d. It was closed down in 1986 and re-opened in 1989. Its sustainable capacity rose from 60,000 b/d in 1989/90 to 100,000 b/d in early 1990. Because of the Gulf crisis, ADCO quickly raised its production to 150,000 b/d by early 1991. This was expanded to 250,000 b/d in 1993 and 300,000 b/d in June 1995 - the latter phase completed ahead of an end-1995 target. But the sustainable capacity by end-1998 had fallen 250,000 b/d, though output can peak at 350,000 b/d for a short period of time.
Work on a further expansion, in a $250m project, will ...