Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO) completed drilling operations at the Zauliyah South 1 horizontal exploration well on 10 April 2020 after reaching a TD of 2,846 m. No result has been reported. The well was spudded on 17 March 2020 in the Block 6 onshore licence with L/R â58â. It is located in the Ghudun-Khasfah High of the Oman Basin. The Zauliyah oil field was discovered in June 1981 and brought onstream in April 1984. Discovery well Zauliyah Northeast 1 found the Gharif Formation objective to be oil bearing. In tests the Gharif flowed at 2,000 b/d of 43Â°API oil. The find was successfully appraised by four wells in 1983/1984, Zauliyah Northeast 2 to Zauliyah Northeast 5. These wells were later renamed Zauliyah. The Oman government own a 60% stake in PDO, with the remaining equity held by Shell (34%), Total (4%) and Partex (2%). PDO is 100% rightholder of Block 6.
Oman (Ghudun-Khasfah High (Oman B.)) Zauliyah