Need has compelled the sultanate to try to exploit its hard-to-reach tight gas in a project with BP. Freeing tight gas from the deep rock where it is locked away is a costly and complex task made worse by the presence of toxic gases, but Oman has little choice, writes The National staff
A seven-year appraisal of geologically complex natural gas deposits in Oman has been declared 'very encouraging' by BP, raising the prospect of a big new boost for industrial development in the sultanate.
The gas found in the Khazzan and Makarem fields is known as tight gas, meaning it is trapped in rock with low permeability. This makes the process of extraction technically demanding and requires a large number of wells. In the case of Oman, the gas is also up to 5,000 metres deep.
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