By Upstream staff
Oman has awarded BP a concession to develop two large natural gas fields onshore Oman, said Ministry of Oil & Gas technical adviser Khalifa al-Hinai.
Reuters quoted al-Hinai as saying that Oman expected the production of large quantities of gas from the tight gas reserves in the Khazzan and Makarem fields, which cover 2500 square kilometre near existing gas fields operated by state-owned Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).
Omani Oil Minister Mohammed al-Rumhy said last month that eight international consortia had sent proposals to the Ministry of Oil & Gas in Muscat for the development.
Rumhy declined to give any estimate of the gas reserves in the geologically complex field, which has three reservoir structures with low permeability. Since the gas in place is difficult to flow, complicated techniques are needed to develop the field.
An official from Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) said recently that the Khazzan-Makarem area holds an estimated 20 trillion cubic feet of gas in-place but low permeability means that it is uncertain how much can be produced.
Other oilmen agreed recoverable reserves are uncertain and will not be known until much more work is done. Some think they are in the range of 6 Tcf to 8 Tcf, while others think potential could be even higher than 20 Tcf.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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