Dubai:
State oil company Saudi Aramco has discovered two new oil and gas fields in the northern regions, the kingdom’s energy minister said on Sunday, the state-run SPA news agency reported.
Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud said the new Abraq al-Toloul oil field, which is southeast of the northern city of Arar, is sinking at a daily rate of 3,189 barrels per day (bpd) of Arab light crude. petroleum, as well as 3.5 million cubic feet of natural gas.
The Hadabat al Hajara gas field in the al-Jof region has a daily production rate of 16 million cubic feet of natural gas, as well as 1,944 b / d of oil condensate, according to the minister.
Aramco will continue its efforts to estimate the total amount of oil and gas in the two fields and is in the process of drilling other wells to determine their areas and capacities, he added.
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