Saudi AramcoSaudi Aramco is the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest oil corporation in the world with the largest proven crude oil reserves and production. Headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco also operates the world's largest single hydrocarbon network, the...
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Qatif Project is an oilfield development project in Qatif, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south...
, operated by the country's national oil company
Saudi AramcoSaudi Aramco is the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest oil corporation in the world with the largest proven crude oil reserves and production. Headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco also operates the world's largest single hydrocarbon network, the...
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The Qatif Producing Plants are the largest crude increment built in recent times, and the world's largest crude production facility. The completion of the project added 650,000
barrelsThe barrel is the name of several units of volume, generally in the range of about 100–200 litres .-Dry goods:* US dry barrel: 7,056 cubic inches ....
(103,000 m³) per day to the 150,000 barrels (24,000 m³) per day already produced from the Abu Safah field.
The Qatif Producing Plants produce:
- 800,000 barrels (127,000 m³) of crude oil per day, 500,000 coming from Qatif
Qatif or Al-Qatif is a historic, coastal oasis region located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It extends from Ras Tanura and Jubail in the north to Dammam in the south, and from the Persian Gulf in the east to King Fahd International Airport in the...
field, and 300,000 from Abu Safah offshore
- 370 million cubic feet (10,000,000 m³) of associated natural gas
Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills...
per day.
- 40,000 barrels (6,000 m³) of high-value hydrocarbon condensate
Natural gas condensate is a low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids that are present as gaseous components in the raw natural gas produced from many natural gas fields....
per day.
- 1,800 metric tons of sulfur
Sulfur or sulphur is the chemical element that has the atomic number 16. It is denoted with the symbol S. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal. Sulfur, in its native form, is a yellow crystalline solid. In nature, it can be found as the pure element and as sulfide and sulfate minerals...
per day.
The project which took three million man-hours to design and 70 million man-hours to construct, brought with it the latest technological advancements to increase operational efficiency as well as environmental safety, from an onshore smokeless
flareA gas flare or flare stack is an elevated vertical stack or chimney found on oil wells or oil rigs, and in refineries, chemical plants and landfills used for burning off unwanted gas or flammable gas and liquids released by pressure relief valves during unplanned over-pressuring of plant equipment...
system to a new, 99% effective sulfur recovery system at Berri Gas Plant that uses technology to make it the cleanest operating plant of all Saudi Aramco facilities.
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Saudi AramcoSaudi Aramco is the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest oil corporation in the world with the largest proven crude oil reserves and production. Headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco also operates the world's largest single hydrocarbon network, the...
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Qatif Project is an oilfield development project in Qatif, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south...
, operated by the country's national oil company
Saudi AramcoSaudi Aramco is the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest oil corporation in the world with the largest proven crude oil reserves and production. Headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco also operates the world's largest single hydrocarbon network, the...
.
Qatif Producing Plants
The Qatif Producing Plants are the largest crude increment built in recent times, and the world's largest crude production facility. The completion of the project added 650,000
barrelsThe barrel is the name of several units of volume, generally in the range of about 100–200 litres .-Dry goods:* US dry barrel: 7,056 cubic inches ....
(103,000 m³) per day to the 150,000 barrels (24,000 m³) per day already produced from the Abu Safah field.
Production
The Qatif Producing Plants produce:
- 800,000 barrels (127,000 m³) of crude oil per day, 500,000 coming from Qatif
Qatif or Al-Qatif is a historic, coastal oasis region located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It extends from Ras Tanura and Jubail in the north to Dammam in the south, and from the Persian Gulf in the east to King Fahd International Airport in the...
field, and 300,000 from Abu Safah offshore
- 370 million cubic feet (10,000,000 m³) of associated natural gas
Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills...
per day.
- 40,000 barrels (6,000 m³) of high-value hydrocarbon condensate
Natural gas condensate is a low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids that are present as gaseous components in the raw natural gas produced from many natural gas fields....
per day.
- 1,800 metric tons of sulfur
Sulfur or sulphur is the chemical element that has the atomic number 16. It is denoted with the symbol S. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal. Sulfur, in its native form, is a yellow crystalline solid. In nature, it can be found as the pure element and as sulfide and sulfate minerals...
per day.
Technology
The project which took three million man-hours to design and 70 million man-hours to construct, brought with it the latest technological advancements to increase operational efficiency as well as environmental safety, from an onshore smokeless
flareA gas flare or flare stack is an elevated vertical stack or chimney found on oil wells or oil rigs, and in refineries, chemical plants and landfills used for burning off unwanted gas or flammable gas and liquids released by pressure relief valves during unplanned over-pressuring of plant equipment...
system to a new, 99% effective sulfur recovery system at Berri Gas Plant that uses technology to make it the cleanest operating plant of all Saudi Aramco facilities. The Berri gas plant was expanded by
TechnipTechnip is a provider of project management, engineering, and construction services for the oil and gas industry, headquartered in La Défense, France....
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The gas and oil separation plant (GOSP) was constructed by
Chicago Bridge & Iron CompanyChicago Bridge & Iron Company , , known commonly as CB&I, is a large multinational conglomerate engineering, procurement and construction company. CB&I specializes in projects for oil and gas companies...
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Qatif Field
The Qatif field, north of
DhahranDhahran is located in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Large oil reserves were first identified in the Dhahran area in 1931, and in 1935 Standard Oil of California drilled the first commercially viable oil well...
and not far from
Ras TanuraRas Tanura is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located on a peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf...
, amounts to more than , including northern and southern dome structures. The onshore component of the project will provide 500,000 barrels (80,000 m³) per day of Arabian Light Crude barrels per day of Arabian Medium.
The field development services were provided by
HalliburtonHalliburton is a US-based oilfield services corporation with international operations in more than 70 countries. It has close to 300 subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands and divisions worldwide....
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