Name of Client :  Saudi Aramco
Budget  : $3 billion
Facility type  : Oil & Gas Field
Sector  : Oil
Status  : EPC ITB
Location  : Eastern Region
Feed  : Foster Wheeler

Background
Saudi Aramco is on track to expand the Khurais oilfield. Khurais 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
July 2014: Additional pre-qualified companies that are expected to submit bids are JGC Corporation from Japan, Saipem from Italy and Tecnicas Reunidas from Spain.

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. Khurais is located adjacent to the Ghawar oil field, which is one of the world’s largest oil field. The expansion at Khurais will ease production at other oil fields and will not increase the kingdom’s 12.5 mbpd capacity.

Project schedule
Feed    Q3-2013
EPC ITB    Q1-2015
Engineering & Procurement  Q4-2014
Completion   Q4-2018