Al Shaheen Oil Field

Al Shaheen Oil Field
Al Shaheen Oil Field is located in Persian Gulf
Al Shaheen Oil Field
Location of Al Shaheen Oil Field in the Persian Gulf
CountryQatar
RegionPersian Gulf
Block5
Offshore/onshoreoffshore
Coordinates26°36′18″N 51°55′55″E / 26.605°N 51.932°E / 26.605; 51.932
OperatorNorth Oil Company (Qatar)
PartnersTotalEnergies
QatarEnergy
Field history
Discovery1992
Start of production1994
Production
Current production of oil270,000 barrels per day (~1.3×10^7 t/a)
Year of current production of oil2006
Producing formationsNahr Umr, Shuaiba and Kharaib formations

The Al Shaheen Oil Field is a production oil and gas field off the north east coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Doha.[1] The oil field lies above the North Gas Field, one of the largest gas fields in the world. The field has been operated by Maersk Oil Qatar AS of Denmark until July 2017 under a production sharing agreement with QatarEnergy, on behalf of the state of Qatar.[2] As of June 2016, QatarEnergy and the French major TotalEnergies established a new company known as North Oil Company. The new company is 70% owned by QatarEnergy and 30% by TotalEnergies. North Oil Company took over field operations on 14 July 2017.

  1. ^ "Qatar: location of oil & gas fields" (PDF). Roc Oil Company. 2 April 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
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