MANAMA: Tatweer Petroleum has established contacts with more than 60 international companies, including the current four major companies, for the extraction of oil from the recently-discovered offshore oilfield, Khaleej Al Bahrain, which contains up to 80 billion barrels of tight (or shale) oil.
“Scientific facts and technical data in this regard have been submitted to international companies specialised in unconventional oilfields to attract investment,” Tatweer Petroleum exploration and development director general Yahya Al Ansari said .