Al-Qahtani awarded Saudi Aramco projects

Saudi Aramco has recently awarded four contracts through their subcontractors to Al-Qahtani Pipe Coating Industries for internal and external FBE Coatings, and double joint welding of pipelines on the Jafurah, Fadhili, and Dammam Field Development Projects. The pipe diameters range from 8” to 56”, and the total length of the pipelines is 880 km. The Jafurah project is a major gas development initiative by Saudi Aramco, aimed at tapping into the vast unconventional gas reserves in the Jafurah basin, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

The project is designed to support the country’s transition to cleaner energy sources and enhance its domestic energy supply. Located in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, the Jafurah basin hosts the largest liquid-rich shale gas play in the Middle East, with an estimated 200 trillion cubic feet of gas in place. This shale play covers an area of 17,000 square kilometres. Production and processing of gas from this giant unconventional reserve is crucial for Aramco to achieve its ambition of increasing gas production by 60% by 2030, with 2021 as its baseline. In February 2020, Aramco received a capital expenditure grant of USD 110 bn from the Saudi government for the long-term phased development of the Jafurah unconventional gas resource base.

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