Times of Oman: BP Plans to Bring Shale Gas Expertise to Oman

Bob Dudley said that in Oman, BP is focusing on introducing technology developed in the United States for shale fields and deploying it in the Middle East to produce gas from some of the world’s oldest and toughest sandstone — rocks that are as hard as granite at depths of over 5,000 metres.

Bob Dudley, BP Group chief executive, who was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Kuwait Oil and Gas Show of 2015 on Monday, also shared BP’s vision for the oil and gas industry in Kuwait and the Middle East.

Strong partnerships between international and national oil companies are the key to future success in helping to meet people’s growing energy needs for decades to come, said Bob Dudley, BP Group chief executive on Monday. MORE