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Saudi Aramco's Qatif Project is an oilfield development project in Qatif, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, operated by the country's national oil company Saudi Aramco.

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Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia Region in Saudi Arabia

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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 650,000 barrels per day (103,000 m3/d) to the 150,000 barrels per day (24,000 m3/d) already produced from the Abu Safah field. [1]

Production

The Qatif Producing Plants produce:

Qatif Place in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Qatif or Al-Qatif is a governorate and urban area located in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It extends from Ras Tanura and Jubail in the north to Dammam in the south, and from the Persian Gulf in the east to King Fahd International Airport in the west. This region has its own municipality and includes the Qatif downtown and many other smaller cities and towns.

Natural gas fossil fuel

Natural gas, also called "Fossil Gas" is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium. It is formed when layers of decomposing plant and animal matter are exposed to intense heat and pressure under the surface of the Earth over millions of years. The energy that the plants originally obtained from the sun is stored in the form of chemical bonds in the gas.

Sulfur Chemical element with atomic number 16

Sulfur or sulphur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent, and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow, crystalline solid at room temperature.

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. [2]

Gas flare gas combustion device

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The gas and oil separation plant (GOSP) was constructed by CB&I. [3]

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company

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Qatif Field

The Qatif field, north of Dhahran and not far from Ras Tanura, amounts to more than 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi), including northern and southern dome structures. The onshore component of the project will provide 500,000 barrels (79,000 m3) per day of Arabian Light Crude barrels per day of Arabian Medium.

Dhahran city in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Dhahran is a city located in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Together with the nearby cities of Dammam and Khobar, Dhahran forms part of the Dammam Metropolitan Area, which is commonly known as greater Dammam and has an estimated population of 4,140,000 as of 2012.

Ras Tanura city in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Ras Tanura is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located on a peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf. The name Ras Tanura applies both to a gated Saudi Aramco employee compound and to an industrial area further out on the peninsula that serves as a major oil port and oil operations center for Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world. Today, the compound has about 3,200 residents, with a few Americans and British expats.

The field development services were provided by Halliburton. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Zeba Haider (2004-12-27). "Abdullah Opens Landmark Qatif Project". Arab News. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Technip Wins Saudi Expansion Project". Rigzone. 2002-03-05. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  3. ↑ "CB&I Wins Award for Qatif Project in Saudi Arabia; First Major EPC Award for New CB&I/Howe-Baker Combination". Business Wire. 2002-03-06. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  4. ↑ "Halliburton Awarded Qatif Field Development Project". Rigzone. 2001-11-15. Retrieved 2008-07-13.

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