Project Profile
Value: US$1.5 billion
Location: Bahrain
Start-up Year: 2015
Production: 100,000 barrels per day (bpd)
Mubadala Development and the Occidental Petroleum together with the National Oil and Gas Authority of Bahrain, the two companies will invest US$1.5 billion (Dh5.51bn) into development of the onshore Awali field to raise oil production to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), from about 35,000 bpd.
Gas production will be increased above the existing 1.5 billion cubic feet a day. The Awali reservoir is the oldest oilfield development in the Gulf and Bahrain\'s key source of oil and gas. Occidental brought Mubadala into the Awali development after it won the contract in January 2011 to increase the field\'s production.
Operator:
National Oil and Gas Authority: Operator
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Mubadala
Contractors:
BGP Arabia Company: Seismic study
Aker Solutions: Supply equipment