Saudi Aramco - Haradh Gas Increment Program - South Haradh Field Gas Compression Facilities

Saudi Arabia plans to raise its gas production to be able to diversify its energy mix. The demand for natural gas is on the rise in the kingdom due to ongoing expansions in the petrochemicals and power industries.

In an initiative to meet growing domestic needs, Aramco plans to boost the production of Haradh by building gas compression plants and other facilities. Expansion will take place in Hawiyah plant as well to raise the capacity by 1.3 billion standard cubic feet per day.

Hawiyah and Haradh are part of Ghawar, the world's largest onshore oilfield. Hawiyah gas plant currently processes 2.5 billion scfd of gas. The Program in Southern Area provides for improving and sustaining gas production from Haradh and Hawiyah fields by reducing choke pressure at the wellhead to 300 pounds per square inch gauge (psig). The program will extend plateau life at the same production rates for both fields for the next 20 years. The program process with a wellhead, choke valve, 300 psig, OPTF, Remote Header, Gas Gathering Manifold, GCP & LSS and existing gas plant.

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