Saudi Aramco Starts Pumping From Manifa Oil Field Ahead of Plan

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Saudi Arabian Oil Co. started producing crude from Manifa, the world’s fifth-largest oil field, on April 10, three months ahead schedule.

Saudi Aramco, as the state-owned producer is known, said today the field will produce 500,000 barrels a day of Arabian heavy crude by July and it will reach 900,000 barrels a day by end of next year.