Project Profile
Location: 60 miles (97 km) from Dubai, Persian Gulf
Peak production: 2 billion barrels of oil
Discovery: 1966
The Fateh and SW fateh Oil Field, also called the Fath Oil Fields, are two fields of offshore oil production approximately 60 miles (97 km) from Dubai and within that country\'s share of the Persian Gulf. The discovery of oil in Fateh field took place in 1966. The discovery of the South West Fateh Field happened in 1970, and Falah and Rashid after that. However, Dubai Petroleum Establishment faced a problem in storing the oil produced in the Fateh field because of the shallow waters in the area. This resulted in an innovative idea of building and transporting large floating tanks offshore to where the oil is produced and hence solving the storage problem.
On the 22nd September 1969, the first tanker of oil was exported from Fateh Field, and thus enabling Dubai to finance its developments and enter a new phase in its modern history through a number of huge projects new to the Gulf and the Middle East Region. In February 1986, Dubai loaded its 2500th tanker offshore, and by 1988 the cumulative production had exceeded 2 billion barrels of oil, thus confirming Dubai Petroleum Establishment\'s two principal fields Fateh and SW Fateh as being classified within the category of \'giant\' oilfields. 1990 marked another major success in Dubai Petroleum Establishment with the company\'s first horizontal well drilled in the fields, allowing a greater section of the producing reservoir to be accessed. Despite encountering some difficulties, the well was completed and the experiences lead to horizontal drilling to become a standard practice on many platforms. One of the horizontal wells on Falah field marked a new drilling record with a total horizontal length of nearly 3 kms.
Operators:
Dubai Petroleum: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
2H Offshore: Deliver an intensive, fast-track design of a tripod platform
Technip: EPC contract