Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced, on Sunday, that the oil company “Aramco” has made 4 discoveries of oil and gas in different locations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Minister of Energy said that “unconventional oil was discovered in the Rish field, northwest of Dhahran, where very light Arabian oil flowed from Rish Well No. 2, at a rate of 4,452 barrels per day, accompanied by 3.2 million standard cubic feet of gas. Daily, “according to the official Saudi Press Agency.
He explained that, “to determine the extension of the Rish field, the company drilled Rish Wells No. 3 and No. 4, where the primary production, from Rish Well No. 3, reached 2745 barrels per day of the same quality of oil, accompanied by 3 million standard cubic feet of gas per day. The rate of flow of very light Arabian oil from Well No. 4 reached 3654 barrels per day, with 1.6 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.
He added, “The unconventional gas was discovered in the Al-Sarara reservoir, in Al-Muhaz well, southwest of the Ghawar field, and in Al-Sahba well, south of the field itself. The gas flowed from Al-Muhaz well at a rate of 18 million standard cubic feet per day, with 98 “Barrels of condensate per day, while the flow of gas, from the Al-Sahba well, at a rate of 32 million standard cubic feet per day.”
He continued by saying that “oil was also discovered in Al-Ajramiya No. 1 well, located northwest of Rafha, in the northern border region, where testing of the well resulted in a flow of oil at a rate of 3850 barrels per day.”
The Saudi Energy Minister emphasized that “the discovery made in the Rish field is of special importance because it proved the possibility of producing very light Arabian oil from the Jabal Tuwaiq formation.” He pointed out that Aramco continues to work on determining the area and size of the discovered fields, and estimating the quantities of oil, gas and condensate in them.
