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Aramco makes two gas discoveries

SAUDI ARABIA MAJORITY state-backed Saudi Aramco has dis- produced an average of 9.2bn cubic feet (261
covered two new unconventional gas fields in the mmcf) per day and hit a single-day record of
Kingdom’s Eastern Province as it steps up its gas 10.8bn cubic feet (306mn cubic metres) per day
production efforts. and is working to raise output by 50% by 2030.
In comments provided to the official Saudi Announcing its Q2 results in August, Ara-
Press Agency (SPA), Energy Minister Prince mco said it said that it was “progressing towards
Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud said the discov- increasing production” as work continues to
eries were called Awtad and Al-Dahna. The dis- construct the 3.1 bcf (88 mcm) per day Jafu-
coveries are understood to be tight gas. rah Gas Plant. Aramco said it is expected to
“Saudi Aramco was able to discover two fields be completed in two phases by 2027, with the
of unconventional natural gas in the Eastern unconventional Jafurah field seen beginning
Province,” Prince Abdulaziz said. production in 2025.
He added: “The Awtad unconventional nat- The field is the key focus of Aramco’s gas
ural gas field was discovered south-west of the expansion plans and output will ramp up to “a
Ghawar field, 142 km south-west of the city of sustainable rate” of 2 bcf (57 mcm) per day of
Hofuf, and the Al-Dahna unconventional nat- sales gas by 2030, providing feedstock for hydro-
ural gas field was discovered 230 km south-west gen and ammonia production and to help sat-
of the city of Dhahran,” the location of Aramco’s isfy expanding local demand, alongside 418
main compound. mmcf (11.8 mcm) per day of ethane and around
Gas was reported to have flowed from Awtad 630,000 bpd of NGLs and condensates.
well 108001 at a rate of 10mn cubic feet (283,000 Having awarded $10bn worth of contracts,
cubic metres) per day per day along with 740 Aramco announced the start of development
barrels per day (bpd) of condensate. Another of Jafurah in late November 2021 as it seeks to
16.9 mmcf (479,000 cubic metres) per day of target an estimated 200 trillion cubic feet of gas
gas and 165 bpd of condensate flowed from well (5.7 trillion cubic metres), around half of which
100921. is comprised of liquids.
Meanwhile, 8.1 mmcf (229,000 cubic metres) As in Q1, the company provided an update
per day of gas flowed from the Al-Dahna-4 well, on the Hawiyah Unayzah Gas Reservoir Storage
with Al-Dahna-370100 yielding 17.5 mmcf project, noting that it has reached “an advanced
(496,000 cubic metres) per day of gas and 362 stage, with the injection phase nearing comple-
bpd of condensate. tion”. The facility is seen providing up to 2 bcf
The discoveries come amid a major push to (57 mcm) per day of gas for reintroduction to the
increase gas production. In 2021, the company Master Gas System by 2024.™

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