Arabiyah and Hasbah Gas Fields

Summary Information

• Operator: Saudi Aramco
• Country: Saudi-Arabia
• Location: Eastern Province
• Production start:
• Partners:
• Type: Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Arabiyah field is located to the northeast of Karan and straddles the marine border between KSA and Iran
• The development includes 12 wellhead platforms, 2 tie-in platforms and 1 injection platform
• Gas is transported to shore by a 36 inches 260-kilometres-long export trunkline
• The gas is to be processed in the Wasit Gas Processing Plant

Contractors

• Saipem: The complete development of the two fields
  • Engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a total of 12 wellhead platforms, 2 tie-in platforms and 1 injection platform, besides to a 36 inches 260-kilometres-long export trunkline and approximately 200 kilometres of mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) pipelines, 200 kilometres of subsea electric and control cables and 40 kilometres of offshore flowlines.
  • The scope of work also includes the shore approaches and about 120 kilometres of onshore pipelines.

History

• 2008 - Arabiyah field discovered
• 2011 - Saipem awarded EPCI contract

Geology

• The gas lies in the Khuff formation

Links

1. KWSubsea Lateral Buckling and Pipeline Walking References
2. Saipem Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Project References
3. Saipem Pipeline References
4. Saipem wins new E&C Offshore contracts worth in excess of $2.2 billion