Qatif Project

Qatif Producing Plants

The Qatif Producing Plants are the largest crude increment built in recent times, and the world's largest crude production facility. The completion of the project added 650000 oilbbl/d to the 150000 oilbbl/d already produced from the Abu Safah field. | access-date=2008-07-13}}

Production

The Qatif Producing Plants produce:

• 800000 oilbbl/d of crude oil, 500,000 coming from Qatif field, and 300,000 from Abu Safah offshore
• 370 Mcuft/d of associated natural gas.
• 40000 oilbbl/d of high-value hydrocarbon condensate.
• 1,800 metric tons of sulfur per day.

Technology

The project took three million man-hours to design and 70 million man-hours to construct. It brought with it the latest technological advancements to increase operational efficiency as well as environmental safety. This ranged from an onshore smokeless flare system, to a 99 percent effective sulfur recovery system at the Berri Gas Plant that uses technology to make it the cleanest operating plant of all Saudi Aramco facilities. The Berri gas plant was expanded by Technip. | access-date=2008-07-13}}

The gas and oil separation plant (GOSP) was constructed by CB&I. | access-date=2008-07-13}}

Qatif Field

The Qatif field, north of Dhahran and not far from Ras Tanura, amounts to more than 500 km2, including northern and southern dome structures. The onshore component of the project will provide 500000 oilbbl per day of Arabian Light Crude barrels per day of Arabian Medium.

The field development services were provided by Halliburton. | access-date=2008-07-13}}

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