The student magazine explaining the oil and gas industry al manhal

The student magazine explaining the oil and gas industry

al manhalNumberThree2010 A fount of knowledge

Tight gas: a new technological frontier for PDO

9 SAFETY BEHAVIOURS

16 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...

18 METEORITES

"We urge our youth to take advantage of the

opportunities available to acquire

knowledge... we always call for the

development of... the people's scientific

capabilities, technical skills and technological

expertise in order to meet society's urgent

requirements and needs..."

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said

Managing Editor Eitidal Al Busaidy

Design Consultants DDB

Translation & Editing Al-Zaki Abdulhamid, Saleh Al-Alawi & Mohammed Al-Oraimi

Printer Bishara Establishment L.L.C

Advisory Board Suleiman Al-Manthari, Petroleum Development Oman Dr. Saleh al Anbouri, Ministry of Oil and Gas Dr. Rashid Al-Maamari, Sultan Qaboos University Yousuf al Malahi, Ministry of Education Abla al Riyami, Petroleum Development Oman Prof. Sobhi Nasir, Sultan Qaboos University Abdullah al Shuely, Petroleum Development Oman Dr. Zaid al Siyabi, Ministry of Oil and Gas Martin Stauble, Petroleum Development Oman

Address editorial correspondence to: Eitidal Al Busaidy at eitidal.busaidy@pdo.co.om or al manhal, HXM/23, PDO, P.O. Box 81 Muscat 100, Oman

? 2010 Petroleum Development Oman Articles from al manhal may be reprinted without specific permission on condition that: the text be neither edited nor abridged; the magazine and Petroleum Development Oman be credited; and a copy of the reprinted article be provided to al manhal's managing editor. Distributed every quarter to Sultan Qaboos University, local private and government colleges, and schools.

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2 Tight gas: a new technological frontier for PDO

It's hard to find and fiendishly difficult to extract, but greater exploitation of `unconventional' natural gas ? in particular tight gas ? might just be the answer to balancing Oman's production and consumption of this vital energy resource in the years to come. al manhal investigates PDO's progress in this challenging field.

9 Safety in mind: taking a stand against workplace deaths and injuries

al manhal looks at how PDO is trying to crack the issue of safety at work by winning the hearts and minds of employees and ? more importantly ? contractors.

14 H2S: protecting against one of nature's deadliest gases H2S, or hydrogen sulphide, is a highly dangerous gas. One breath of it is enough to kill. So the only option for people working around H2S is to carry serious levels of protection ? gas detector & escape set or even full self-contained breathing apparatus. PDO's new miscible gas Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project in Harweel has had to take this type of protection to a new level, as this photo feature explains.

16 A day in the life of...

Contractor Khamis Al Hinai

18 They came from outer space...meteorites in Oman

Did you know that in recent years Oman has been one of the world centres of meteorite discovery? This feature explains a little more about meteorites and how they find their way to

>> Earth. We also spotlight one of the most significant and celebrated Omani meteorite

finds of recent years ? the moon rock Sayh al Uhaymir (SaU) 169.

al manhal number three 2010

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TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Tight gas: a new technological frontier for PDO

al manhal number three 2010

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It's hard to find and fiendishly difficult to extract, but greater exploitation of `unconventional' natural gas ? in particular tight gas ? might just be the answer to balancing Oman's production and consumption of this vital energy resource in the years to come.

>> al manhal investigates PDO's progress in this challenging field.

al manhal number three 2010

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