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We commenced construction of our Fadhili Gas Plant, located 30 km west of Jubail Industrial City, in late 2016. The facility is emblematic of our broader impact on not only increasing supplies of gas, but also driving economic growth, developing the Saudi workforce, and reducing emissions.
Designed to process up to 2.5 billion scfd of raw gas, Fadhili will be our first plant to treat nonassociated gas from both onshore and offshore fields, with start up planned in 2019.
The plant was designed from inception to use the Tail Gas Treatment process to reach the maximum sulfur recovery rate of 99.9%, helping protect air quality.
The project’s value extends well beyond the resources it will process: the development of Fadhili will add billions of dollars to the local economy, with an expectation that 40% of the plant’s materials and services to be sourced and manufactured in Saudi Arabia.
When completed, Fadhili Gas Plant will become a key component of the Kingdom’s Master Gas System.
We are expanding the gas processing capacity of our Hawiyah gas plant by more than 1 billion scfd. The new gas processing facilities, expected to be on stream in 2021, are anticipated to raise total production capacity of the plant to approximately 3.6 billion scfd, making it one of the largest gas processing facilities in the world.
We are making improvements to sustain gas production from both the Haradh and Hawiyah fields for the next 20 years and boost production by an average of 1.2 scfd. The program includes installing gas compression facilities, liquid separation stations, and transmission lines to our Haradh and Hawiyah gas plants, along with expanding the existing gas gathering pipeline network.
Karan, was our first non-associated offshore gas field development. Discovered in 2006 in the thickest, extremely prolific and complex carbonate layers, the project was fast-tracked, taking only six years to go from discovery to production.
Non-associated gas fields do not have an associated oil column and, therefore, can be accessed without producing oil. The raw gas is transported through a 110-kilometer subsea pipeline to the Khursaniyah Gas Plant for processing.
The natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery plant at Shaybah was commissioned and began production in late 2015, with a second processing train starting up in 2016. The plant will help us meet increasing demand for petrochemical feedstock by recovering valuable NGL from produced gas.
Designed to process as much as 2.4 billion scfd of associated gas and recover 275,000 bpd of ethane plus NGL, the Shaybah facility will feed these new volumes of NGL via pipeline to Ju’aymah for further processing before being delivered as petrochemical feedstock to industrial cities.
Wasit, one of the largest gas plants we have ever built, was brought onstream in October 2015 and reached full operating capacity in mid-2016. Unlike our other gas plants, Wasit is designed to process solely nonassociated gas.
To feed Wasit, we brought gas production onstream from the big bore nonassociated gas wells in our offshore Arabiyah and Hasbah fields, situated approximately 150 km northeast of Jubail Industrial City in the Arabian Gulf. With the startup of production from these two fields, more than 40% of our nonassociated gas now comes from offshore fields.
Our continued success in increasing supplies of cleaner burning natural gas makes it possible for us to reduce emissions, enable new industries and release more crude oil for value-added refining or export.
As the company's largest oil processing facility and the largest crude oil stabilization plant in the world, Abqaiq plays a pivotal role in our day-to-day operations.
Abqaiq oil facilities receive sour crude oil from gas-oil separation plants (GOSPs), process it into sweet crude oil, and then transport it to Ras Tanura and Jubail on the east coast, Yanbu' on the west coast and to Bapco Refinery in Bahrain. The off gases from the spheroids and stabilizer columns that are part of the conversion process are then sent to Abqaiq natural gas liquids (NGL) facilities for further processing.
Abqaiq is the main oil processing center for Arabian Extra Light and Arabian Light crude oils.
The northern-most portion of the Ghawar field lies approximately 100 kilometers west of Dhahran. The field comprises six main areas (Fazran, Ain Dar, Shedgum, Uthaminyah, Hawiyah and Haradh) and extends southward over more than 200 kilometers as one long continuous anticline. It is approximately 36 kilometers across at its widest point.
We believe that the Ghawar field is the largest oil field in the world in terms of conventional proved reserves, totaling 58.32 billion barrels of oil equivalent as at 31 December 2018. It has accounted for more than half of the total cumulative crude oil production in the Kingdom.
The Ghawar field facilities and infrastructure remain a central component in our long-term strategic framework for optimizing both technical recovery of resources and the economic of resource management.
The Haradh area, located at the southern tip of the Ghawar oil field, was developed in three increments of 300,000 bpd of Arabian Light crude oil capacity.
Haradh III was also the first plant in the Southern Area of company operations to have completely automated well control and monitoring, allowing remote operations. The project benefited from successful integration of four technologies: multilateral, maximum reservoir contact (MRC) wells; Smart Well completions (using control valves for preventing premature water breakthrough); geosteering (for optimal placement of wells in the reservoir for maximum recovery); and the “intelligent field” concept, in which real-time sub-surface data transmissions enable continual monitoring of key reservoir indicators. The integrated use of these four technologies slashed unit well development costs three-fold.
The Khurais complex, which comprises of the Abu Jifan and Mazalij fields in addition to Khurais itself, is approximately 106 kilometers long and 18 kilometers across at its widest point.
As of 31 December 2018, proved reserves at Khurais were 21.40 billion barrels of oil equivalent, including 20.10 billion barrels of liquid reserves.
The Khursaniyah program includes facilities to process and stabilize 500,000 bpd of Arabian Light crude oil blend from the Abu Hadriya, Fadhili and Khursaniyah fields, and a grassroots gas plant to process one billion scfd of associated gas.
Khursaniyah began producing oil in August 2008. The facility also has the capacity to inject 1.1 million bpd of non-potable water for reservoir pressure maintenance.
The UNESCO environmental responsibility award nominated Manifa crude oil development was designed to produce 900,000 bpd of Arabian Heavy crude oil, 90 million scfd of sour gas, and 65,000 bpd of hydrocarbon condensate.
By employing best-in-class technologies in infrastructure, drilling and production activities, the project consumed more than 80 million man hours without a lost time injury.
Prior to construction, extensive engineering and ecological assessments were conducted to ensure that the marine ecosystem would not be adversely affected by developing the field. As a direct result of these studies, Saudi Aramco constructed three kilometers of bridges to span the migration paths of various marine species, maintaining natural water flow and preserving natural marine nurseries.
Nuayyim crude oil increment added 100,000 bpd of Arabian Super Light crude oil and 90 million scfd of associated gas to our production capacity.
The project – the first in-Kingdom project of this scale with a project proposal completed entirely in Saudi Arabia – also included a gas-oil separation plant, 140 kilometers of 16” gas pipeline, and water supply facilities at Hawtah. Smokeless flaring has been used to significantly reduce emissions.
The field, which entered production in August 2009, is 250 kilometers south of Riyadh and about 50 kilometers northeast of our Hawtah crude oil facility, the first producing facility in the Central Region of Saudi Arabia.
Qatif Producing Plants Program consists of facilities to produce, process, and transport 500,000 bpd of blended Arabian Light crude oil from the Qatif field and 300,000 bpd of Arabian Medium crude oil from the offshore Abu Sa'fah field.
The Qatif facility was the first to produce Arabian Light crude oil by blending Arabian Extra Light, Light and Medium grades.
We believe that Safaniyah field is the world's largest conventional offshore oil field in terms of roved reserves. It is located approximately 260 kilometers north of Dhahran. Most of the field lies offshore in the Arabian Gulf. Within the Concession area, the Safaniyah field is approximately 50 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide.
As of December 2018, the proved reserves were 34.03 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
The Shaybah field, located in the Rub’ al-Khali or Empty Quarter, was discovered in 1968. Its remote location, local summer temperatures in excess of 50 degrees Celsius and sand dunes higher than 300 meters presented serious challenges. So for technical and economic reasons, development was held off until 20 years later. However, by the 1990s, advances in 3D seismic imaging technology, horizontal drilling and other technologies gave us the tools we needed to begin production.
The field is approximately 13 kilometers wide and 64 kilometers long. Due to the field's remoteness, its facilities include a dedicated NGL recovery unit, an airfield and accommodation for staff.
Our second 250,000 bpd expansion project at Shaybah came on-stream in 2016, raising its overall production capacity to 1 million bpd of Arabian Extra Light crude oil — double the facility’s original capacity. As of December 2018, proved reserves were 14.86 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
The Zuluf field is located in the Arabian Gulf, approximately 240 kilometers north of Dhahran, in average water depth of 118 feet. The field has two main structures, Zuluf and Ribyan, and is of similar area to Safaniyah to the north.
As of December 2018, Zuluf had proved reserves of 31.31 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
Aramco operates one of the world’s largest refining businesses, and its integrated petrochemical refinery complex at Jazan City for Primary and Downstream Industries is part of the Company’s vibrant downstream growth strategy.
In 2020, Aramco confirmed that it would proceed with the divestment of the Jazan Integrated Gasification and Combined Cycle Plant into a Joint Venture (JV) between Aramco, Air Products, ACWA Power, and Air Products Qudra, integrating the Air Separation Unit into the JV.
Once Aramco’s Jazan Refinery Complex is ready for full operations, expected in the first half of 2021, Aramco will have five wholly owned refineries within the Kingdom, three of which were built specifically to supply transportation and utility fuels for the domestic marketplace.
Hyundai Oilbank is a refinery in South Korea, established in 1964. The Daesan Complex, where Hyundai Oilbank’s major facilities are located, is a fully integrated refining plant with a processing capacity of 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Aramco has a 17% equity interest in Hyundai Oilbank.
Idemitsu Kosan, one of leading refining and marketing companies in Japan, is a result of a merger between Idemitsu and Showa Shell Sekiyu. Its sales in Japan are primarily gasoline, diesel oil, kerosene and automotive lubricants. Idemitsu Kosan owns and operates more than 6,400 retail service stations, has equity stakes in six refineries, and a gross refining capacity of 945,000 bpd. Aramco owns a 7.7% equity interest in Idemitsu Kosan.
Motiva Enterprises, a fully owned affiliate of Saudi Aramco, operates the Port Arthur Refinery, the largest refinery in the U.S. at 635,000 bpd in Port Arthur, Texas. Motiva has acquired a 100% equity interest in Motiva Chemicals LLC (formerly Flint Hills), a chemical plant in Port Arthur, Texas.
Sinopec SenMei Petroleum Company Limited is a joint venture of Sinopec, ExxonMobil China Petroleum & Petrochemical Company Limited and Saudi Aramco Sino Company Limited. Sinopec SenMei, with headquarters in Fuzhou, is mainly engaged in the wholesale, retail, storage, throughput and transport of the processed oil, lubricant and other petroleum products, operation of convenience stores of service stations, car washing, lubricant replacement, restaurant and other auxiliary services.
Based in Maastricht, Netherlands, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, ARLANXEO serves the development, production, marketing, sale and distribution of specialty chemicals and synthetic rubber products, principally for the high-volume global tire and automotive industries.
A joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical. The products produced are used in such end products as plastics, detergents, lubricants, resins, coolants, anti-freeze, paint, carpets, rope, clothing, shampoo, auto interiors, epoxy glue, insulation, film, fibers, household appliances, packaging, candles, pipes and many other applications.
PRefChem venture is a strategic alliance between Saudi Aramco and Petronas, through equal ownership in two joint ventures, namely the Pengerang Refining Company Sdn. Bhd. (PRefChem Refining) and the Pengerang Petrochemical Company Sdn. Bhd. (PRefChem Petrochemical), collectively known as PRefChem.
The Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Total in Jubail, supports Saudi Aramco’s efforts to expand the value chain and achieve maximum value from the Kingdom’s resources. It processes heavy Arabian crude daily into low-sulfur gasoline, diesel and jets fuel that comply with the standards in the United States, Europe and Japan. It also produces paraxylene, benzene, sulfur and pure petroleum coke that fuels cement plants and electric power stations.
Located in Yanbu' Industrial City on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, the world-class YASREF refinery has the capacity to refine 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Arabian heavy crude and produces over 13.5 million gallons per day of ultra-clean transportation fuels and other high-value refined products.
Our Technology Office in Aberdeen focuses on drilling and production technologies. The European arm of Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) is located within the office, whose mission is to source and develop relationships with strategically significant and innovative energy technology companies.
Our Beijing Research Center conducts research on chemical enhanced oil recovery and advanced seismic imaging technologies, including automated fault detection and improvements in data quality through super resolution.
The Center is also evaluating the expansion of research activities into the downstream sector in areas such as transportation efficiency, greenhouse gas management, advanced control and power systems, robotics, materials science, nanotechnology and advanced computing.
Our CO2 Management Collaboration at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, South Korea, is dedicated to addressing issues related to carbon management. The collaboration follows an interdisciplinary approach to innovative and cost-effective CO2 capture, storage, and conversion from fixed and mobile sources.
The Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands is home to our technology office that focuses mainly on seismic processing and subsurface imaging to help us better understand the nature of our subsurface geology.
Aramco Innovations Research Center
Leninskiye Gory 1 bldg 75-B
119234 Moscow
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Our Aramco Fuel Research Center in Paris is located at IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPen). IFP Energies nouvelles is a public-sector research, innovation and training center active in the fields of energy, transport and the environment. Thanks to this strategic placement, we can capitalize on IFPen’s facilities and links to various European automakers to accelerate the innovation cycle of different fuel technologies.
Our research areas at our Dhahran headquarters include the Research & Development Center (R&DC) and the EXPEC Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC).
EXPEC ARC develops specialized technologies necessary to achieve its upstream objectives of increasing discovery of oil resources and increasing reservoir recovery. An expansion of the EXPEC Advanced Research Center is currently underway, with new facilities to enable integrated research on sustainability technologies.
Our R&DC focuses on cutting-edge technologies that enhance operational reliability, efficiency and safety, as well as investigating clean fuels and the management of carbon release.
Our research center at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) focuses on catalyst development, materials science, nanotechnology, robotics, solar energy materials and fuel technology. The strong capabilities provided in downstream areas are complemented by our FUELCOM collaboration with the KAUST Clean Combustion Research Center.
Aramco Research Center-Boston supports development in the areas of computational modeling, advanced materials, and nanotechnology. The center works on collaborative research projects with the nearby Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) faculty, with a focus on modeling, visualization, simulation, and advanced materials.
Our Aramco Research Centers in Detroit, Houston, and Boston have a collaboration with the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) to support research by two Low-Carbon Energy Centers designed to address climate change challenges. The centers bring together researchers from multiple disciplines at MIT to engage with companies, governmental agencies, and other stakeholders to further research and promote clean energy technologies to mitigate climate change.
Our Aramco Research Center in Detroit focuses on competitive transportation solutions, improving the efficiency of current and future engines, reducing overall environmental impact, cost, and complexity of engine systems.
The Center can accommodate light-duty and heavy-duty fuels research programs and also offers full on-site integration and the demonstration of new vehicle technologies. Our Strategic Transportation Analysis Team, based in the Detroit Center, provides dynamic industry analysis relevant to our fuels research and development activities.
Aramco Research Center in Houston focuses on upstream technologies for conventional and unconventional resources to support discovery and recovery goals. Specific areas of research include advanced seismic imaging, unconventional productivity enhancement, smart fluids to improve well productivity, nano-based polymers, surfactants, cement technologies related to drilling operations, quantitative geology, and advanced downhole sensors. It is our largest center outside Saudi Arabia.
사우디 아라비안 오일 컴퍼니 ("아람코" 또는 "회사")는 오늘 사우디아라비아 최대 비수반 가스전인 대규모 자푸라 (Jafurah) 비전통 가스전 개발을 시작한다고 발표했다. 아람코는 100억 달러 규모의 subsurface 및 EPC 계약을 체결했으며, 개발 첫 10년 간 680억 달러 규모의 자본지출이 예상된다.
이는 사우디아라비아 비전통 자원의 상업화와 아람코의 통합 가스 포트폴리오 확장에 중요한 단계이며, 아람코의 고부가 화학 사업의 성장을 지원하기 위해 추가 공급원료를 제공하고, 저탄소 수소 생산을 보완하며, 액체 연료를 대체하는 더 청정한 연료를 제공함으로서 사우디아라비아 전력 부문의 탄소 배출량 감소에 도움을 줄 것이다.
추정 가스 매장량 약 200조 scf의 자푸라 분지는 중동에서 가장 규모가 큰 액체가 풍부한 (liquid-rich) 셰일 가스전이다. 이 셰일 가스전의 면적은 17,000평방 킬로미터에 달하며, 자푸라의 천연 가스 생산량은 2025년 2억 scfd에서 2030년에는 판매 가스 20억 scfd의 지속 가능한 가스 비율에 도달할 것으로 예상되고, 또한 성장하는 석유화학 산업의 필수 공급원료인 에탄 4억 1,800만 scfd, 가스 액체 및 콘덴세이트 약 일 63만 배럴을 생산할 것으로 예상된다. 이로써 사우디아라비아는 전 세계 최대 천연가스 생산국 중 하나가 될 것이다.
압둘라지즈 빈 살만 알 사우드 왕자 (HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud) 사우디아라비아 에너지부 장관은 “사우디아라비아의 에너지 부문에 대한 지속적인 지원에 대해 신성한 두 이슬람 사원의 후견인 살만 빈 압둘라지즈 알 사우드 국왕 (King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud) 과 부총리 겸 국방부 장관인 모하메드 빈 살만 빈 압둘라지즈 알 사우드 왕세자 (HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud)에게 감사를 표합니다. 자푸라 개발은 사우디아라비아의 에너지 믹스에 긍정적으로 기여할 것이며 17개 이상의 다른 기관 간의 긴밀한 협력 덕분에 가능했습니다. 정부는 아람코와 같은 국영 기업의 권한 부여에 전념하고 있으며, 전 세계의 그 어떤 에너지 회사도 사우디아라비아의 탄화수소 자원 개발을 감독하는 에너지부 혹은 정부로부터 받는 동일한 권한을 부여받지 못했습니다.” 라고 언급했다.
이 프로젝트는 아람코의 장기 전략 핵심 요소이며 자푸라에 대한 전체 라이프사이클 투자는 1,000억 달러를 초과할 것으로 예상한다. 자푸라, 북아라비아 및 남부 가와르 유전에서의 비전통 가스 프로그램을 통해, 아람코는 20만개 이상의 직간접적인 일자리를 창출할 것으로 기대한다.
아민 H. 나세르 (Amin H. Nasser) 아람코 대표이사 사장은 “이는 사우디아라비아의 대규모 비전통 자원 프로그램 상업화에 중요한 순간입니다. 사우디아라비아 밖에서는 거의 불가능하다고 생각한 것을 이루어냈고, 이는 에너지 안보, 경제 개발 및 기후 보호에 긍정적인 영향을 미칩니다. 가스는 에너지 전환에서 중요한 역할을 하며 사우디아라비아 에너지 부문의 배출량을 크게 줄이는 동시에 저탄소 수소와 암모니아를 위한 공급원료를 제공할 것 입니다. 또한 이를 통해 아람코는 확장되는 다운스트림 석유화학 산업용 고부가 공급원료를 활용할 수 있을 것이며, 우리의 목표는 증가하는 수요를 충족하기 위해 향후 10년 동안 가스 생산 능력을 크게 증가시키는 것입니다.”라고 언급했다.
아람코는 최근 2050년까지 전체 소유 운영 자산의 스콥 (Scope) 1,2 온실가스 배출 넷제로를 달성한다는 포부를 발표했다. 자푸라는 사우디아라비아가 2060년 넷제로 목표를 추구함에 따라 전기의 절반을 가스에서 절반을 신재생 에너지에서 생산한다는 사우디아라비아의 목표에 기여할 것으로 예상된다.
최대로 생산할 경우, 아람코의 비전통 가스 프로그램은 사우디아라비아 국내 원유 소비 약 일 50만 배럴을 대체할 것으로 예상된다. 자푸라 가스 개발 단독으로 최대로 생산할 경우 일 30만 배럴 이상의 원유를 대체할 것으로 예상된다.
나시르 K. 알-나이미 (Nasir K. Al-Naimi) 아람코 업스트림 수석 부사장은 “자푸라 개발은 우리의 비전통 자원 프로그램의 판도를 바꿀 것입니다. 이는 업계에서 가장 현대적이고 비용 효율적인 셰일 개발 계획 중 하나가 될 것이며 최고의 환경 및 안전 표준을 준수합니다. 자푸라는 앞으로 나아가는 우리 야망의 핵심 원동력이 될 것이며, 우리는 장기적인 에너지 및 석유화학 수요를 충족하기 위한 통합 글로벌 가스 포트폴리오 개발이라는 목표를 추구하기 때문에, 지속적으로 천연가스 및 NGL 관련 새로운 가스전을 탐사하고, 기존 가스전을 재평가하고 잠재적인 공동 투자 기회를 평가할 것입니다."라고 언급했다.
아람코는 자푸라 가스 플랜트와 가스 압축 시설, 인프라 및 관련 지상 시설에 대한 100억 달러 규모의 16건의 subsurface 및 EPC 계약을 체결했다. 이 계약은 사우디아라비아 및 국제 서비스 기업들과 체결되었으며 자푸라 프로그램의 subsurface 및 지상 구성요소 개발을 가능하게 하는 여러 프로젝트를 포함한다.
가스 처리 플랜트, 가스 압축 시스템 및 약 1,500km의 주요 이송 파이프라인의 네트워크, 플로우 라인 및 가스 집하 파이프라인을 포함하는 전용 지상 네트워크를 통해 가스 및 콘덴세이트를 안정적으로 수송할 수 있을 것이다. 또한 이 프로그램은 Jafurah Bulk Supply Point, 송전선, 자푸라 가스 플랜트의 전력 연계 및 신규 열병합 발전 시설도 포함한다.
자푸라 개발은 아람코의 디지털 전환 프로그램과 연계해서 산업용 사물 인터넷 (IIoT) 및 비디오 분석을 포함한 첨단 4IR 기술을 접목해 건설, 운영 및 안전을 향상시킬 것이다.
아람코는 엔지니어링, 자재 조달 및 건설 계약 이외에, 저명한 국제 계약 업체 및 서비스 제공 업체와 연계한 사우디아라비아 기반의 계약업체들과 다수의 자푸라 subsurface 계약을 체결했다. 이는 사우디아라비아 에너지 부문 및 현지 공급망 파트너의 성장을 지원하는 아람코의 노력과 부합한다. 또한 사우디아라비아 내 가치 창출을 주도하고 장기적인 경제 성장 및 다각화를 극대화하기 위해, 자푸라 개발 프로그램에는 iktva 구성 요소가 포함될 예정이다. 아람코는 다양하고 지속 가능하며 세계적으로 경쟁력 있는 에너지 부문의 개발을 촉진하기 위해 2015년에 iktva 프로그램을 시작했다.
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