Project Profile
Value: undisclosed
Location: approx. 350 km south west of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Reserves: unknown
Area: unknown
Depth: unknown
Start-up Year: 2019
The Yibal Khuff sour project is one of Petroleum Development Oman’s (PDO’s) new high-potential projects being developed by the PDO’s study centre. Yibal Khuff project is located approx. 350 km south west of Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman. Development of the field will add to PDO’s future oil production whilst the associated gas will be utilised for power generation and enhanced oil recovery developments. The project comes online in 2019 and will produce oil and gas to sustain the Sultanate of Oman’s industrial growth and provide gas for enhanced oil recovery techniques to boost the amount of crude oil that can be extracted from the country’s other oilfields. The gas produced will contain about 3% hydrogen sulphide, 5% carbon dioxide and other contaminants such as mercaptans, carbonyl sulphide and nitrogen, and the export gas total sulphur specification of <5 ppmv.
Operators:
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO): Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Petrofac: Engineering and procurement contract by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to provide services for its Yibal Khuff project. Under the terms of the four and a half year contract Petrofac will be providing reimbursable detailed engineering, and construction and commissioning management support services and procurement on an incentivised pass-through basis. This will extend throughout construction and during start-up of the integrated oil and sour gas facility. The total contract value is expected to be around US$900 million with around one-quarter of the revenues relating to professional services (engineering, construction and commissioning management). (June, 2015)