Awtad was discovered southwest of the Ghawar Field and AlDahna was discovered 230 km southwest of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said of Saudi Aramco’s two new discoveries on Nov. 30. (Source: Hyserb / Shutterstock.com)
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Saudi Aramco had discovered two new natural gas fields, Awtad and AlDahna, in the country’s eastern region, state news agency SPA reported on Nov. 30.
Awtad was discovered southwest of the Ghawar Field, and gas flowed from one well, Awtad-108001 well at a rate of 10 MMscf/d, plus 740 barrels of condensate, and another well, Awtad-100921 at 16.9 MMscf/d, and 165 barrels of condensate, SPA said.
AlDahna was discovered 230 km southwest of Dhahran, and flowed from the AlDahna-4 well at 8.1 MMcf daily and from the Al-Dahna-370100 well at 17.5 MMcf/d plus 362 barrels of condensate.
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