Aramco lets two Khurais development contracts

Sept. 28, 2006
Saudi Aramco has signed two contracts for the development of its 1.2 million b/d Khurais Increment Program. The Khurais crude contract went to Italy's Snamprogetti SPA and the Khurais gas contract was let to a consortium of Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. and Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 28 -- Saudi Aramco has signed two contracts for the development of its 1.2 million b/d Khurais Increment Program. The Khurais crude contract went to Italy's Snamprogetti SPA and the Khurais gas contract was let to a consortium of Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. and Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd.

The Khurais program covers three oil fields: Khurais, Abu Jifan, and Mazlij. The Khurais gas facility will process sour associated gas produced from the three fields into an NGL product and a dry, single-phase sour shipping gas. The plant will process a total of 563 MMscfd of sour associated gas and 70,000 b/d of condensate.

The program is the largest crude increment undertaken in Aramco's history, the company said, and one of the largest industrial projects being executed in the world today. The program is slated for completion by mid-2009.

Snamprogetti's contract calls for construction of four identical crude processing and gas compression trains, along with the construction of inlet and outlet facilities to receive wet and sour crude through upstream trunk lines.

The Hyundai-Foster Wheeler contract includes construction of two gas conditioning trains, crude and NGL storage facilities, product shipping facilities, and flares.

All related support facilities, such as roads, ponds, buildings, electrical systems, and process control systems, are also to be provided under these contracts.