Manama: A one megawatt solar power plant was among three key projects launched by Tatweer Petroleum yesterday.
Energy Minister and Tatweer Petroleum chairman Dr Abdulhussain Mirza inaugurated the projects at various Tatweer Petroleum facilities in the presence of board of directors, officials from the National Oil and Gas Authority, nogaholding and Bapco.
Dr Mirza was briefed at Tatweer headquarters about the new solar power plant, a high volume lift system and Aruma extra heavy oil pilot.
“Tatweer Petroleum continues to make exceptional progress in developing the Bahrain Field and these new facilities demonstrate the company’s commitment to conserve the kingdom’s natural resources and protect the environment in addition to contributing to economic growth,” Dr Mirza said.
The solar power plant can supply almost 10 per cent of Tatweer’s present power consumption. The solar energy panels will connect to Tatweer’s power grid to deliver enough power for of its headquarters building.
During weekends and times of low use in the headquarters, the excess power will be fed back into the Tatweer power grid for use elsewhere in oil field operations.
The high volume lift electric submersible pump system is an artificial lift method being used in the Bahrain Field to improve well productivity. The new process uses electrical submersible pumps recently implemented by Tatweer to successfully triple oil production from these wells.
Tatweer has produced the first ever extra-heavy oil from the Aruma oil reservoir. The Aruma is the shallowest oil reservoir in the Bahrain Field and contains very viscous oil never exploited before. It is being produced and extracted by injecting steam and then lifting it to the surface with hi-tech submersible electrical pumps.
Tatweer has also successfully completed similar thermal pilots in the underlying Rubble and Mauddud reservoirs. All these enhanced oil recovery pilots when expanded will have the potential to produce a major part of Bahrain’s future oil production.
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