DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Gas has started flowing from the West Bukha offshore field, shared by Oman and Iran, and will be processed in the United Arab Emirates by the Ras Al Khaimah Gas Commission, or Rakgas, Abu Dhabi-based The National newspaper reports Tuesday.
The newspaper cites P.K. Bagchi, the commercial manager of Rakgas, as saying that the field's developers started pumping gas Monday on a test basis.
"If all goes well, we expect about 40 million cubic feet per day of production by early next year," Bagchi is quoted as saying.
Rakgas signed an agreement with Oman four years ago to purchase and process gas produced from the Omani side of the field, located in the Gulf, off the Musundam Peninsula, The National reports.
The gas is being sent to RAK through an undersea pipeline that connects with Oman's Bukha field, which has been producing and shipping gas to the emirate since 1994, it adds.