Name of client: Saudi Aramco
Budget: $3 billion
Revised budget: $2.5 billion
Facility type: Oil & Gas Field
Sector: Oil
Status: Construction
Location: Eastern Region
Feed: Amec Foster Wheeler
Main contractor: Saipem, CCC – Consolidated    Contracting Company

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). Khurais oil field despite lower crude prices and plans to double its production of natural gas over the next 10 years.

Project status
August 2016: The 73 km, 48 inch sea water supply pipeline construction is ongoing under A Hak International.Progressing as well is the Mazalij and Abu Jifan pipelines by Saudi KAD for the Khurais increment project.

Project scope
The scope of the scheme involves the installation of crude handling, stabilization, and gas compression facilities as well as pipelines and offsites and utilities.
The client plans to add 300,000 bpd to the field’s current capacity of 1.2 mbpd. Khurais is located adjacent to the Ghawar oil field, which is one of the world’s largest oil field. It began operations in 2009 and produces 1.2 mbpd of light Arabian crude, 320 million cubic feet per day (cfd) of gas and 80,000 bpd of natural gas liquids (NGLs). 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 (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
Engineering & Procurement Q4-2014
Construction   Q4-2015
Completion   Q4-2018