📋 Tender Overview
Scope of Work:
Development of Jafurah unconventional gas field in the Eastern Province.
Description:
The field development plan is subject to the company’s usual governance process. Saudi Aramco expects the field’s production to commence early 2024, and reach nearly 2.2 billion standard cubic feet per day (SCFD) of sales gas by 2036, with an associated 425 million SCFD of ethane, representing nearly 40% of current production. The field is also forecast to produce almost 550,000 barrels per day of gas liquids and condensates. The world’s largest oil producer plans to develop Jafurah in accordance with the highest environmental standards. The cogeneration plans is planned to have a power generation capacity is planned to be 270-320MW. For the low-pressure (LP) steam capacity, the project is planned to process a demand of 140 thousand pounds an hour (klb/hr) by 2024 and 373 Klb/hr by 2028. For the high pressure (HP) steam capacity, the target is for the scheme to process 112 Klb/hr by 2024 and 321 Klb/hr by 2028. Saudi Aramco has confirmed a phased development approach for its $100 billion-plus Jafurah unconventional onshore gas project, which is expected to produce up to 2 billion cubic feet per day of gas by 2030.
Events:
June 2022 : Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) awarded contract to UAE-based National Petroleum Construction Co. (NPCC). Jafurah field development project at a total contract value of $460.23 million (AED 1.6 billion)
December 2021- Sinopec awarded Jafurah Unconventional Gas Walking Rigs Contract.
November 2021- Saipem awarded $750 million EPC contract for Jafurah gas field. The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) announced the start of development of the vast Jafurah unconvent
10 August 2021-
Saudi Aramco is preparing to retender the Jafurah cogeneration independent steam and power plant (ISPP). The previous tender was cancelled in December 2020.
11 August 2021-
Saudi Aramco has set 5 December 2021 deadline for bids for the retendered Jafurah independent steam and power producer (ISPP) project. The energy company is planning to appoint a preferred bidder by April 2022 and to award the contract in July 2022.
October 2021- Saudi Aramco has invited engineering, procurement and construction firms to submit proposals for its $300 million Jafurah cogeneration independent steam and power plant (ISPP) in Eastern Province. The bid submission deadline for proposals is set for early December 2021.
February 22, 2020:
Saudi Aramco received regulatory approval for development of Jafurah unconventional gas field in the Eastern Province, the Kingdom’s largest non-associated gas field to date.
Other Owner & Contractor: Sinopec Service Corporation (SSC)
