Name of client: Saudi Aramco
Budget:  2.5 billion
Facility type:  Oil & Gas Field
Sector: Oil
Status: Construction
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 program 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 1,200,000 bpd, 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
February 2016: Saudi Aramco has moved the project into the construction stage as the kingdom state oil producer requests contractors to accelerate construction contractors to speed up the execution of the project.

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 Programme 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.

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