Saudi Aramco - Offshore Maintain Potential Programme - Safaniya Field Incremental Oil Production - Overview

The Saudi energy giant, Aramco, is planning a major project which aims to increase the output capacity of key offshore hydrocarbons installations in the kingdom, and raise their overall operational efficiency. Incremental production of oil from the Safaniya field.

Saudi Aramco has extensive offshore operations on its Gulf coast that includes Safaniya, the world's largest offshore oil field, as well as several large non-associated gas fields. Many of the gulf fields are mature and likely to require extensive rehabilitation over the next decade to maintain production. Every year, hundreds of new wells need to be drilled to maintain operations in shallow-water fields.

Saudi Aramco is also carrying out seismic surveys on the Kingdom's Red Sea coast. However, any potential production is still expected to be several years away.

The purpose of the MPP programme is to manage the maintenance, revamping, or expansion operations of all Aramco offshore facilities.

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