Saudi Khurais Field: Looks Like Easy Oil May Be Gone from Arabia, Too

Whether Khurais is currently on schedule or is seriously delayed is not quite clear. The Saudis have become masters of obfuscation over the years, using a wide-dispersion method of disclosure. Essentially, they get lots of of different people to give a range of timelines and projections on the future plans of Saudi Aramco. We do know that Khurais will have cost at least 10 billion by the time it starts to pump. And presently, the Saudis are insisting that Khurais will start up this June. We shall see.

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