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CHAPTER TWO
Developments of Energy Resourrces
According to OPEC reports
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, the number of wells completed in
2011 was 266 wells in UAE, 249 wells in Algeria, 405 wells in Saudi
Arabia, 76 wells in Iraq, 29 wells in Qatar, 295 wells in Kuwait, and
76 wells in Libya,
Figure (A)
.
Comparing 2010 and 2011 figures, it could be noted that the
number of completed wells declined in: Algeria by 3.5%, in Libya
62%, and in Qatar by 17%. While the number of completed wells
increased in Saudi Arabia by 5%, in Kuwait by 28.3%, in UAE by
46%, in the Neutral Zone by 81.3%, and in Iraq by7%. The number
of wells completed worldwide increased by 10.4% from 94,596 wells
in 2010, to 104,442 wells in 2011.
On the other hand, the number of producing well increased in
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OPEC annual statistical bulletin, 2012.
Figure A
Completed wells in some Arab Countries 2009 - 2011
