(In June 20 story adds word "increase" to headline)
DUBAI, June 20 (Reuters) - BP plans to produce an
additional 500 million cubic feet of gas from Oman's Khazzan
field, known as Ghazir, by the end of 2020, the state news
agency quoted the company's Oman boss as saying on Saturday.
"Gas production from Khazzan project is currently up to one
billion cubic feet (bcf) and it will increase to 1.5 bcf per
day, in addition to around 35,000 barrels per day of gas
condensate (light oil)," Mohammed Al Ojaili told the news
agency.
Construction of facilities has nearly finished, Al Ojaili
added, with 126 of 300 wells drilled.
Investment in the Ghazir project as of the end of the first
quarter of the year stood at about $9.3 billion out of a total
estimated at $16 billion.
BP resumed gas production at the Khazzan field in early
April following a three-week planned shutdown.
The British company in 2013 signed a 30-year deal to develop
the Khazzan tight gas project, one of the largest upstream
projects in the small Gulf state.
(Reporting by Dahlia Nehme; editing by Jason Neely)
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