BP has a long history in the oil and gas exploration and production in the Middle East. It is a major investor in Oman and one of the world’s pioneers in tight gas production, bringing technology and experience to develop one of the Middle East’s largest unconventional gas resources – the Khazzan field in Block 61.

In September 2017, BP started production from Phase One of the Khazzan gas field. 200 wells will be drilled as part of Phase one feeding into a two-train central processing facility, with production expected to plateau at 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day (bcf/d). Read more.