Saudi Aramco to inaugurate Haradh Mega-Project
Posted: 12 January 2004
Saudi Aramco will hold the official inauguration of its Haradh
Natural Gas and Oil Development Project on January 18.
The recently-completed mega-project consists of a gas plant capable
of delivering 1.5 billion standard cubic feet per day of sales gas
to Saudi Arabia’s Master Gas System, and a gas-oil separation
plant (GOSP) capable of stabilizing 300,000 barrels per day (bpd)
of crude oil.
Haradh Gas Plant is Saudi Aramco’s second facility built
primarily to process large amounts of non-associated gas –
that is, gas from gas reservoirs, and not associated with oil production.
The first was Hawiyah Gas Plant, brought on stream in 2002.
In addition to the sales gas, Haradh Gas Plant has a design capacity
to deliver 170,000 barrels per day (bpd) of condensate to Saudi
Aramco’s Abqaiq processing facility, and can produce 90 metric
tons of sulfur per day for export.
The GOSP associated with the Haradh Natural Gas and Oil Development
Project has a crude oil capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, and
includes a 130 million standard cubic foot associated gas gathering
facility.
The Haradh Natural Gas and Oil Development Project will help Saudi
Aramco leverage its hydrocarbon resources to achieve maximum economic
growth for the Kingdom. Many industrial facilities – such
as petrochemical, electricity generation and water desalination
plants – will benefit from the output of these facilities.
Saudi Aramco’s president & chief executive officer, Abdallah
S. Jum‘ah, noted that the Haradh project is the third mega-project
completed by the company over the last six years. The first two
are the Shaybah oilfield development in the Rub‘ al-Khali
desert (completed in 1998) and the massive Hawiyah Gas Plant (completed
in 2002).
“These facilities – Shaybah, Hawiyah and now Haradh
– show that handling mega-projects has become a core competency
of Saudi Aramco,” said Jum‘ah. “We are proud that
these state-of-the-art projects will contribute to the ongoing expansion
of Saudi Arabia’s industry, further enhance the investment
climate in the Kingdom, and maintain Saudi Aramco’s reliability
as a leading energy supplier to the world.”
For more information see www.saudiaramco.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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