The Arabiyah-1 well was tested and flowed 41.1 million cfd and the Hasbah-16 well was tested and flowed 62.1 million cfd.
To meet soaring demand for gas, Saudi Aramco is hurrying the expansion of fields non-associated with oil as it has to stick to its present output of eight million bpd to match the plunge in oil demand.
The company began developing Karan, its first non-associated offshore gas field project when it gave contracts in February 2009.
In April 2009, Saudi Aramco announced it had held up the development of its Moneefa offshore oilfield project by a minimum of six months. This would push the launch of the offshore oil project to 2012 from the original schedule of mid-2011. This may currently be moved forward.
