Qatif Project

Qatif Project

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

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 (103,000 m³) per day to the 150,000 barrels (24,000 m³) per day already produced from the Abu Safah field.cite news
publisher= Arab News
url= http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=56642&d=27&m=12&y=2004
title = Abdullah Opens Landmark Qatif Project
author = Zeba Haider
date = 2004-12-27
accessdate=2008-07-13
]

Production

The Qatif Producing Plants produce:
*800,000 barrels (127,000 m³) of crude oil per day, 500,000 coming from Qatif field, and 300,000 from Abu Safah offshore
*370 million cubic feet (10,000,000 m³) of associated natural gas per day.
*40,000 barrels (6,000 m³) of high-value hydrocarbon condensate per day.
*1,800 metric tons of sulfur per day.

Technology

The project which took three million man-hours to design and 70 million man-hours to construct, brought with it the latest technological advancements to increase operational efficiency as well as environmental safety, from an onshore smokeless flare system to a new, 99 % effective sulfur recovery system at 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.cite news
publisher= Rigzone
url= http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2764
title = Technip Wins Saudi Expansion Project
date = 2002-03-05
accessdate=2008-07-13
]

The gas and oil separation plant (GOSP) was constructed by Chicago Bridge & Iron Company.cite news
publisher= Business Wire
url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_March_6/ai_83512398
title = CB&I Wins Award for Qatif Project in Saudi Arabia; First Major EPC Award for New CB&I/Howe-Baker Combination
date = 2002-03-06
accessdate=2008-07-13
]

Qatif Field

The Qatif field, north of Dhahran and not far from Ras Tanura, amounts to more than convert|500|km2|sqmi, including northern and southern dome structures. The onshore component of the project will provide 500,000 barrels (80,000 m³) per day of Arabian Light Crude barrels per day of Arabian Medium.

The field development services were provided by Halliburton.cite news
publisher= Rigzone
url= http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=1994
title = Halliburton Awarded Qatif Field Development Project
date = 2001-11-15
accessdate=2008-07-13
]

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