Bahrain says its biggest oil find since 1932 dwarfs reserves

Bahrain discovered the offshore Khaleej Al Bahrain Basin as it's seeking to expand output capacity at its wholly owned Bahrain Field to 100,000 barrels a day

Bahrain, the smallest energy producer in the Persian Gulf, discovered its biggest oil field since it started producing crude in 1932, according to the country’s official news agency.

The shale oil and natural gas discovered in a deposit off the island state’s west coast “is understood to dwarf Bahrain’s current reserves,” Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported, without giving figures. The country currently pumps about 45,000 barrels of oil a day from its Bahrain Field, and it shares income from a deposit with Saudi Arabia that produces about 300,000 barrels a day, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration.

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