MANAMA: Bahrain has set out a 10-year roadmap to start commercial extraction of at least 80 billion barrels of tight (or shale) oil from a newly-discovered large oilfield off Bahrain’s western coast.
Oil Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said drilling work in the Khaleej Al Bahrain basin, that spans 2,000sqkm in shallow waters off the coast, is expected to start at the end of next year .
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