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14. Ministry of Oil and Gas<br />

H.E. Nasser bin Khamis Al Jashmi, Undersecretary<br />

Date: 29.09.07 at 13:00 h<br />

A. Basis <strong>for</strong> the meeting<br />

Subject: Geothermal energy<br />

Questi<strong>on</strong>s related to geothermal energy<br />

1. Locati<strong>on</strong>s of bore holes:<br />

• al<strong>on</strong>g the northen coast (from Khasab to Quriyat) (appr. within a<br />

20 km belt al<strong>on</strong>g the coastline)<br />

• al<strong>on</strong>g the southern coast (from Dalkut to Sadah)<br />

• (appr. within a 20 km belt al<strong>on</strong>g the coastline)<br />

• <strong>on</strong> the island Masirah<br />

• at Ibri, Hayma and Thumrayt<br />

2. Data <strong>for</strong>m the boreholes:<br />

• depth<br />

• temperature gradient<br />

• presence of water/steam<br />

• temperature of water/steam<br />

3. Seismic activities in <strong>Oman</strong><br />

4. Domestic fuel Subject: oil, coal and gas.<br />

5. Attitude to include renewable energy supply in the plans<br />

B. Comments received<br />

Positivity about renewables. <strong>Oman</strong> has to take into c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> alternatives<br />

to fossil fuel due to limited gas reserves. All power generati<strong>on</strong> plants in <strong>Oman</strong><br />

are gas fired. The gas is sold <strong>for</strong> 1.5 USD per milli<strong>on</strong> BTU to the <strong>Oman</strong>i power<br />

generati<strong>on</strong> plants. The export prices are situated between 3 and 10 USD per<br />

milli<strong>on</strong> BTU depending <strong>on</strong> the product specificati<strong>on</strong>s. For the renewable<br />

energy study he suggested to generate different scenarios of future gas prices<br />

or equivalent gas prices <strong>for</strong> coal.<br />

Regarding specific data about oil field operati<strong>on</strong>s the Undersecretary<br />

suggested to meet with PDO. He offered support to provide additi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

introducti<strong>on</strong> letter <strong>for</strong> data collecti<strong>on</strong> if required.<br />

C. Documents received<br />

• Reply <strong>on</strong> questi<strong>on</strong>naire received

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