KHOBAR: Saudi Aramco has started pumping oil from its giant Manifa field in the Gulf, allowing the world’s biggest oil exporter to relax production from some of its mature fields onshore.
The offshore oil field — made up of rigs on man-made islands linked by 41km of causeways and bridges over the Gulf — is expected to produce 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) by July and 900,000 b/d by the end of 2014.
“It really opens a new page in terms of overcoming various hurdles and complexities most notably through human and technological innovation,” Aramco’s Chief Cxecutive Khalid Al Falih said in a statement.
Reuters
