Oil flow rising from Hengam field off Iran
By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 27 -- Production of light oil is approaching 10,000 b/d from an oil field newly on stream in the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman, according to Masoud Mirkazemi, Iran’s petroleum minister.
Other reports put current production at 7,000 b/d from the Hengam field, developed under an agreement reached in 2007 between the Omani and Iranian governments to cooperate on a variety of energy projects (OGJ, May 12, 2007, Newsletter).
About 80% of the 24 km-by-12 km Hengam structure lies in Iranian waters. The field, 40 km south of Qeshm Island and 70 km off the main Iranian coast, began test production in May at the rate of 4,000 b/d of 43.5º gravity oil.
Mirkazemi said Hengam production will reach 16,000 b/d by October, according to the official Shana news agency. The field eventually will produce 30,000 b/d, he said.
The field is being developed in two phases with two platforms. Oil moves through a new pipeline for processing and on to Bandar Abbas.