Name of client  : Saudi Aramco – Saudi    Arabian Oil Company
Budget  : $4.05 billion
Facility type  : Natural Gas Liquefaction  Sector  : Gas
Status  : Construction
Location  : Various
Feed  : KBR (Kellogg Brown &    Root), Foster Wheeler,    Jacobs
Main contractor  : Sepco

Background

The Master Gas System Booster Gas Compression Station project will expand the capacity of the East-West Pipeline system to deliver sales gas around the kingdom. Saudi Aramco is extending the existing Master Gas System to the Western Province in order to supply the power plants located there.

Project status

May 2015: Phase 1 with China’s Sepco currently in execution.

Project scope
The main components of the Master Gas System consist of:
• Three gas plants at Berri, Shedgum, and Uthmaniyah;
• Two fractionation centres at Juaymah and Yanbu; and
• Yanbu industrial city.

Project finance

Saudi Aramco is the client and they plan to invest $4.05 billion in MGSE project.

The project finances is split as follows:
Phase 1: $ 1.65 billion
Phase 2: $ 2.4 billion, which is further divided into various packages:

Project schedule

Feasibility study   Q3-2013
Feed    Q4-2013
EPC ITB    Q3-2014
Engineering & Procurement  Q4-2014
Construction   Q2-2015
Completion   Q1-2020