Qatif Project
{{Short description|Oilfield development project in Saudi Arabia}}
{{Refimprove|date=February 2007}}
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.
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 {{convert|650000|oilbbl/d}} to the {{convert|150000|oilbbl/d}} already produced from the Abu Safah field.
{{cite news
| publisher= Arab News
| url= http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=56642&d=27&m=12&y=2004
| title = Abdullah Opens Landmark Qatif Project
| author = Zeba Haider
| date = 2004-12-27
| access-date=2008-07-13}}
=Production=
The Qatif Producing Plants produce:
- {{convert|800000|oilbbl/d}} of crude oil, 500,000 coming from Qatif field, and 300,000 from Abu Safah offshore
- {{convert|370|Mcuft/d}} of associated natural gas.
- {{convert|40000|oilbbl/d}} of high-value hydrocarbon condensate.
- 1,800 metric tons of sulfur per day.
=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.
{{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
| access-date=2008-07-13}}
The gas and oil separation plant (GOSP) was constructed by CB&I.
{{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
| access-date=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 {{convert|500000|oilbbl|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
| access-date=2008-07-13}}
References
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Category:Oil fields of Saudi Arabia