Zakum Field
Discovered 1963, offshore Abu Dhabi, several hundred thousand barrels per day.
Overview
Upper Zakum is among the largest offshore fields in the world, developed with artificial islands instead of conventional platforms. ADNOC partners with Japanese and other international firms. Lower Zakum development continues with new processing capacity.
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