비스밀라 이르라흐만 이르라힘.
내외 귀빈 여러분, 신사 숙녀 여러분,
제가 지난 IKTVA 포럼 및 전시회 개회식에서 연설한 것이 정확히 23개월 전 오늘이었습니다.
그 이후로 많은 일이 일어났습니다. 우리 대부분이 평생 동안 참석할 것으로 상상했던 것보다 더 많은 가상 회의를 포함해서 말입니다!
이렇게 IKTVA 2022에서 직접 여러분을 만나 뵙게 된 것을 매우 기쁘게 생각합니다.
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Houston, TX 77002
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Shanghai 200120, China
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Xiamen 361012, Fujian, China
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Haryana, India
Level 32, Maxis Tower
Kuala Lumpur City Center
50088 Kuala Lumpur
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.
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
Russia
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.
비스밀라 이르라흐만 이르라힘.
내외 귀빈 여러분, 신사 숙녀 여러분,
제가 지난 IKTVA 포럼 및 전시회 개회식에서 연설한 것이 정확히 23개월 전 오늘이었습니다.
그 이후로 많은 일이 일어났습니다. 우리 대부분이 평생 동안 참석할 것으로 상상했던 것보다 더 많은 가상 회의를 포함해서 말입니다!
이렇게 IKTVA 2022에서 직접 여러분을 만나 뵙게 된 것을 매우 기쁘게 생각합니다.
명백한 사실부터 말씀드리겠습니다.
첫째, IKTVA는 대성공입니다.
2015년 프로그램 출범 당시 35%였던 아람코의 로컬 콘텐츠 비율은 최근 60% 가까이로 증가했습니다. 아람코를 위한 보다 효율적이고 안정적이며 강력한 공급망이 구축된 것입니다.
둘째, IKTVA는 아람코 뿐 아니라 모든 참여자들에게 성공적인 제안임이 입증되고 있습니다.
IKTVA는 많은 국내외 참가자를 위해 사우디아라비아 내에서 석유 외 기회를 포함하는 새롭고 확장된 사업∙투자 기회를 창출하고 있습니다.
현재까지 IKTVA는 약 70억 달러의 설비투자를 유치했습니다.
이는 곧 사우디아라비아의 경쟁력 있는 산업 기반 구축에 도움이 되고 있으며, 현재 사우디아라비아는 40개국 이상에 수출하고 있습니다.
지역사회에서 IKTVA는 사우디아라비아 국민을 위한 일자리 기회와 훈련 옵션의 형태로 가치를 창출하고 있습니다.
다시 한번 말씀드리자면, 숫자가 분명히 말해줍니다…
IKTVA 관련 사우디아라비아인의 고용이 50% 증가했으며, 이는 이제 아람코의 공급망에서 일하는 4명 중 1명이 사우디인임을 의미합니다. 아람코 공급망에서 일하는 여성의 비율도 2배 이상 증가했습니다.
한편, 국가훈련센터를 설립하여 이미 약 33,000명의 사우디인이 새로운 기술을 습득하며 훈련을 마쳤습니다.
그리고 이 센터는 2030년까지 국내 노동 시장에 수만 명의 훈련생을 더 배출할 예정입니다.
IKTVA는 사우디아라비아 전체에 수많은 이점을 제공하며, 그에 따른 성과는 사우디아라비아 내 역량 향상을 포함하나 이에 국한되지 않습니다. 이제 시추에 사용되는 화학 물질에서 비금속 철근에 이르기까지 모든 것이 최초로 사우디아라비아 국내에서 제조되고 있습니다.
IKTVA가 창출한 성과의 한 가지 훌륭한 사례는 비금속 산업에서 새로운 기술과 서비스를 개척하기 위한 허브를 설립한 것이며, 이는 2030년까지 사우디아라비아 GDP에 약 100억 달러를 기여할 것으로 예상됩니다.
실제로 IKTVA는 사우디아라비아 내 혁신을 위한 촉매제 역할을 수행하여, 현재까지 아람코 공급업체들의 사우디아라비아 내 연구개발 지출이 2,100만 달러에서 9,100만 달러로 4배 증가했습니다.
또한 IKTVA는 킹 살만 국제 해양 산업 및 서비스 단지 (King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services) 및 킹 살만 에너지 파크 (King Salman Energy Park)와 같은 앵커 프로젝트의 개발에도 기여하고 있습니다.
간단히 말해서 IKTVA를 통해 'Made in Saudi Arabia' 제품의 수와 다양성이 모두 확대되고 있습니다.
실제로, IKTVA 기반의 상품 및 서비스 현지화를 통해 사우디아라비아의 산업화 노력에 핵심적인 지원을 제공하는 생태계가 구축되고 있습니다.
이는 결과적으로 사우디아라비아가 비전 2030에 포함된 다른 많은 목표를 달성하는 데 도움이 됩니다.
알고 계시는 바와 같이, 비전 2030은 사우디아라비아의 장기적 번영과 지속가능한 발전에 매우 중요합니다.
2016년에 모하메드 빈 살만 왕세자 (His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman)가 발표하신 비전 2030은 우리의 미래에 차별화된 로드맵을 제공합니다.
이는 사우디아라비아의 경제를 혁신적으로 전환시키는 로드맵입니다. 이미 강력한 에너지 부문에 더하여 다수의 경제 성장동력을 창출함으로써 사우디아라비아 경제의 역동성을 높입니다.
비전 2030의 핵심 목표에는 경제 다각화, 산업화, 고용 창출이 포함됩니다.
전통적 사업 부문과 새로이 부상하는 사업 부문에 함께 주력하는 통합적 접근방식을 추진함으로써 이 모든 목표와 더 많은 성과가 달성되고 있습니다.
사우디아라비아가 세계적 수준의 전략적 이점을 보유하고 있는 전통적 부문에는 에너지, 화학, 광업이 포함됩니다. 한편, 새로 부상하는 부문에는 물류, 산업, 서비스와 함께 흥미로운 4차 산업혁명 기술이 포함됩니다.
사우디아라비아의 산업화가 비전 2030의 중요한 부분이라는 점은 분명합니다.
또한 분명한 사실은 IKTVA가 비전 2030뿐만 아니라 세계의 에너지 안보를 뒷받침하고 있다는 점입니다.
안정적이고 효율적인 공급망을 갖추는 것은 아람코와 같은 기업에 실제로 매우 중요하며, 사우디아라비아를 포함한 모든 국가에 절대적으로 필수적입니다.
사실 오늘날 그 어떤 국가도 신뢰할 수 있는 공급업체 없이 성공하는 것은 상상할 수 없습니다.
그리고 세계가 직접 목도한 바와 같이, 모든 공급망 차질은 부정적인 도미노 효과를 초래할 수 있습니다.
다행히 우리에게는 사우디아라비아의 회복력에 기여하는 IKTVA가 있습니다.
또한 우리는 현지화 확대를 더욱 매력적으로 만드는 방안을 지속적으로 추구합니다. 최근의 한 가지 사례는 아람코 파트너들이 사우디아라비아의 샤리크 (Shareek) 프로그램을 통해 다양한 기회와 인센티브를 활용할 수 있도록 하는 아람코 나맛 (Namaat) 프로그램을 출범한 것입니다.
끝으로, 국내 업체와 글로벌 기업을 막론하고 IKTVA의 모든 참가기업에 지금까지 달성하신 많은 성과를 축하드리고 싶습니다.
또한 IKTVA가 출범 이후로 사우디아라비아 경제에 약 1000억 달러를 기여한 것에 대해 감사드리고 싶습니다.
마지막으로 가장 중요한 점은, 올해의 IKTVA를 여러분의 사업을 더욱 확장하는 발판으로 활용하시기를 바란다는 것입니다. 그리고 비전 2030, IKTVA, 샤리크와 같은 프로그램을 통해 창출된 많은 투자 옵션을 활용하시라는 것입니다.
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