The History

Buttes Gas & Oil Co. International Inc., a subsidiary of Crescent Petroleum, is the concessionaire in the Protocol Area, offshore Sharjah. The Concession was signed in 1969. Following offshore seismic work in 1971, the Mubarek Field discovery wildcat was drilled in 1972, and field development was then put on fast track. Within a record period of 13 months from the discovery confirmation well, the field was put on full production at a rate of over 60,000 bopd, with the drilling of three additional wells and the installation of the processing platform and an additional well head platform, export loading terminal, and all associated support structures and pipelines. This was a world record at the time for bringing an offshore field onstream from first discovery.

Since the start of production in 1974, the Mubarek Field has undergone several phases of development. The initial phase of the development of Ilam/Mishrif oil reservoir, at a depth of 12,500 ft, was completed in 1977. Development of the Thamama gas condensate reservoir, at a depth of 15,500 ft, was initiated in 1987 for production of the gas and condensate.

 
THE PROTOCOL AREA