Name of Client : Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco)
Estimated Budget : $47,000,000
Contract Value : $47,000,000
Award Date : 2024-Q2
Main Contractor : Nesma & Partners Contracting Company SICIM
Facility Type : Gas
Sector : Gas/ Pipeline
Location : Various, Saudi Arabia
Background
The Master Gas System is operated by Aramco and is one of the world's largest hydrocarbon networks, the scheme's construction started in the mid-1970s and came online in 1982 predominantly to transport associated gas from the Ghawar field to support industrialization. To be implemented in phases, the Master Gas System Expansion project is vital for Saudi Arabia to support the development of its non-associated gas, unconventional gas, and related condensate reserves. 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 Arabia started to monetize its gas reserves in the 1970s and by the 2000s Saudi Aramco intended to gather all the associated gas flared until then from the crude oil fields production. For that purpose, Saudi Aramco designed the first phases of the Master Gas System (MGS) crossing the country from Yanbu on the Red Sea to Shedgum in passing by Riyadh. Now Saudi Arabia is willing to speed up the conversion of a number of power plants from oil to natural gas. In that perspective, Saudi Aramco is extending the existing Master Gas System to the Western Province in order to supply the power plants located there. Saudi Aramco's Master Gas - Phase 3 project aims to convert a number of power plants from oil to natural gas, contributing to the country's drive towards a cleaner energy mix and its net-zero emission goal.
Project Status
As of December 2024, on-site activities have commenced. Several pieces of machinery from CAT Group are being utilized.
Project Scope
The project scope includes the installation of a 56-inch EWJZG-1 pipeline from Sector I STS 2 to Sector II STS 1, spanning a distance of 310 km.
Project Finance
Aramco is the project client.
Project Schedules
Project Announced : 1Q-2020
Feasibility Study : 1Q-2021
FEED : 4Q-2021
EPC ITB : 2Q-2023
EP : 2Q-2024
Construction : 2Q-2024
Completion : 4Q-2028
