Gulfstream begins Hafar gas development project in Oman

April 23, 2001
Gulfstream Resources Oman Ltd. has begun drilling at the Hafar gas development project in Oman. In January 1999, Gulfstream signed an agreement to develop Hafar Block 30 and sell 84 MMcfd to Oman for 25 years.


By the OGJ Online Staff

HOUSTON, Apr. 23 -- Gulfstream Resources Oman Ltd. has begun drilling at the Hafar gas development project in Oman.

In January 1999, Gulfstream signed an agreement to develop Hafar Block 30 and sell 84 MMcfd to Oman for 25 years.

The Hafar Block 30 area includes Hafar, Al Sahwa, and Nadir gas fields. Development plans include the drilling of four wells to supplement the three existing ones, a 125-MMcfd processing facility, and a 16-km pipeline to tie-in to a main gas transmission line.

"This is an important milestone for our company and for the Sultanate of Oman," said J. Angus McKee, Chairman of Gulfstream. "The Hafar development is the first company-sponsored natural gas project of its kind in the country. It is Gulfstream's first project in the Sultanate and is the culmination of several years of effort and negotiation."

The Oman well, designated as Hafar-2, was spudded Apr. 19.