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Qatar Petroleum to shut down part of Dukhan in 2011

Total production at Dukhan, 100 percent owned by Qatar Petroleum, is 250,000 barrels per day

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QATARI DUKHAN: Total production at Dukhan, 100 percent owned by Qatar Petroleum, is 250,000 barrels per day (Getty Images - For illustrative purposes only)
QATARI DUKHAN: Total production at Dukhan, 100 percent owned by Qatar Petroleum, is 250,000 barrels per day (Getty Images - For illustrative purposes only)

Qatar petroleum is

planning to shut down part of its oil production unit at the

Dukhan field in the fourth quarter of 2011 for three weeks, the

manager of production at Dukhan told reporters on Monday.

“120,000 barrels per day of oil production will stop,” said

production manager Nasser Jeham Al Kuwari, adding that

production facilities are being shut down for maintenance.

Total production at Dukhan, 100 percent owned by Qatar

Petroleum, is 250,000 barrels per day.

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