Name of client  :  Saudi Aramco
Budget  :  $2.5 billion
Facility Type  : Oil & Gas Field
Sector  : Oil
Status  : Engineering & Procurement
Location  : Eastern Region
Feed  : Foster Wheeler
Main contractor  : Saipem, Consolidated  Contracting Company (CCC)

Background

The Khurais oil field is located adjacent to the Ghawar oil field, one of the world’s largest, in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The objective of the Khurais expansion programme is to increase production capacity at the Khurais Central Processing Facilities (CPF) by 300,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) from its current capacity of 1.2 mbpd, as well as to enhance production from the Mazalij and Abu Jifan fields by installation of a satellite Gas Oil Separation Plant (GOSP).

Project status

September 2015: The project is expected to be delayed from the originally planned time frame of 2017 and the start-up date is now unclear.

Project scope

The scope of the scheme involves the installation of crude handling, stabilisation, and gas compression facilities as well as pipelines and offsites and utilities.

The client plans to add 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) to the field’s current capacity of 1.2 mbpd. The current Khurais Program involves the development of the Lower Fadhi field which includes the construction of new processing facilities like a new gas-oil separation plant (GOSP), a crude stabilisation unit and a gas train will be installed at the khCPF to handle an additional capacity of 143,000,000 standard cubic feet per day (scfd) of associated gas and 34,000 bpd of NGL.

Project finance

Saudi Aramco is the client of the project.

Project schedule

Feed    Q3-2013
EPC ITB    Q1-2015
Engineering & Procurement  Q4-2014
Construction   Q4-2015
Completion   Q4-2019