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* The Shaybah field is located in the Rub’ Al-Khali desert in the south eastern part of the Kingdom, 800 kilometres from Dhahran making it Saudi Aramco’s most remote oil field | * The Shaybah field is located in the Rub’ Al-Khali desert in the south eastern part of the Kingdom, 800 kilometres from Dhahran making it Saudi Aramco’s most remote oil field | ||
* The field is approximately 13 kilometres wide and 64 kilometres long. | * The field is approximately 13 kilometres wide and 64 kilometres long. | ||
| + | * A 645km pipeline carries the hydrocarbons to processing plants | ||
* It produces Arabian Extra Light crude. The crude is processed at the [[Abqaiq Oil Processing Plant]] | * It produces Arabian Extra Light crude. The crude is processed at the [[Abqaiq Oil Processing Plant]] | ||
* Associated gas is processed at the Sabkha NGL recovery plant | * Associated gas is processed at the Sabkha NGL recovery plant | ||
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=== History === | === History === | ||
* 1968 - Shaybah Oil Field discovered | * 1968 - Shaybah Oil Field discovered | ||
| + | * 1998 - First oil produced | ||
* 2006 - SNC-Lavalin awarded a contract to design and build the Shaybah Central Processing Facilities (CPF) | * 2006 - SNC-Lavalin awarded a contract to design and build the Shaybah Central Processing Facilities (CPF) | ||
* 2014 - Samsung awarded Central Processing Facility Expansion contract | * 2014 - Samsung awarded Central Processing Facility Expansion contract | ||
Latest revision as of 15:43, 6 March 2024
Summary Information
- Operator: Saudi Aramco
- Country: Saudi-Arabia
- Location: Rub’ Al-Khali desert
- Production start: 1998
- Partners:
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: 1,000,000 bpd
Description
- The Shaybah field is located in the Rub’ Al-Khali desert in the south eastern part of the Kingdom, 800 kilometres from Dhahran making it Saudi Aramco’s most remote oil field
- The field is approximately 13 kilometres wide and 64 kilometres long.
- A 645km pipeline carries the hydrocarbons to processing plants
- It produces Arabian Extra Light crude. The crude is processed at the Abqaiq Oil Processing Plant
- Associated gas is processed at the Sabkha NGL recovery plant
Contractors
- SNC-Lavalin:
- GE: Supply of 11 gas turbine-generators, 44 compressors, motors and services
- Samsung HE: Central Processing Facility Expansion
History
- 1968 - Shaybah Oil Field discovered
- 1998 - First oil produced
- 2006 - SNC-Lavalin awarded a contract to design and build the Shaybah Central Processing Facilities (CPF)
- 2014 - Samsung awarded Central Processing Facility Expansion contract
- 2106 - Expansion completed
