Name of the Project
Fadhili gas project.

Location
The project is located about 100 km north-west of Dammam, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Client
Saudi Aramco.

Project Description
The Fadhili gas project will become a key component of Saudi Arabia’s master gas system, processing gas from onshore and offshore gasfields.

With Saudi Aramco’s Wasit and Midyan gas projects, Fadhili will add more than five-billion standard cubic feet a day of nonassociated gas processing capacity.

Fadhili will process a total of 2.5-billion standard cubic feet a day of nonassociated gas, including two-billion standard cubic feet a day of Hasbah offshore gas and 500-million standard cubic feet a day of Khursaniyah onshore gas. It is expected to produce 1.5-billion standard cubic feet a day of sales gas and 4 000 t/d of sulphur, and will supply 470-million standard cubic feet a day of gas to an adjacent combined heat and power (CHP) plant.

Jobs to be Created
About 4 500 professional training, permanent and temporary jobs.

Value
The project will cost about SR50-billion.

Duration
Completion is scheduled for the end of 2019.

Latest Developments
Siemens has received an order for five F-class gas turbines and generators, the control system, and the assembly and commissioning on site of the CHP plant.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Doosan Heavy Industries (engineering, procurement and construction contract); Larsen & Tubro (Fadhili offshore facilities); Saudi KAD (Fadhili downstream); Saudi Electric Company and Engie (Fadhili CHP); Mohammed I Al Subeae & Sons Investment Holding Company (Fadhili residential camp); and Siemens (gas turbines for CHP).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Saudi Aramco head of international media relations Neil Dhillon, tel +966 13 873 7966, fax +966 13 873 8490 or email international.media@aramco.com.