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Samsung wins Jafurah gas treatment EPC

PROJECTS & SOUTH Korea’s Samsung Engineering this week Energy to proceed with the expansion of the
COMPANIES has announced that it has been awarded a con- Kingdom’s unconventional gas production
tract for the construction of a gas treatment plant capabilities in February 2020. The main focus
at Saudi Arabia’s Jafurah unconventional gas field. of the initiative is Jafurah, which holds an esti-
In a November 23 regulatory filing, Samsung mated 200 trillion cubic feet of gas (5.7 trillion
said that the ‘package one’ contract covers engi- cubic metres), around half of which is com-
neering, procurement and construction (EPC) prised of liquids. The field is Saudi Arabia’s
works for the installation of a gas processing largest deposit of unconventional gas.
plant, without providing details about the facili- Larsen & Toubro of India, Italy-based
ty’s capacity or cost. Saipem, JGC of Japan and South Korean firm
The plant will remove impurities from raw Hyundai Engineering & Construction all sub-
gas produced from Jafurah, which will then be mitted technical and commercial bids in Octo-
utilised as a feedstock for petrochemicals, blue ber 2020 for a ‘compression package’ covering
hydrogen and for domestic power generation. three gas compression plants catering to 600
Tendering for the contract stalled in December mmcf (17 mcm) per day of gas and 150,000 bpd
2020 owing to the coronavirus (COVID-19) of NGLs and condensates.
pandemic and was resumed in August this year. In October, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz
Under its preliminary $110bn plans, Aramco bin Salman told the Saudi Green Initiative Forum
intends to kick off production at Jafurah in early that the field would be leveraged to produce blue
2024 and achieve 2.2bn cubic feet (62mn cubic hydrogen as the country seeks to extend its leader-
metres) per day of sales gas by 2036. It is also ship of the oil sector into hydrogen.
expected to produce around 550,000 barrels per “We are the biggest adventurers when
day (bpd) of NGLs and condensates. The first it comes to blue hydrogen,” he said. Prince
phase is seen producing 1.1 bcf (31 mcm) per Abdulaziz added: “We’re putting our money
day of raw gas, which will be processed on-site. where our mouth is on hydrogen. We have a
Aramco announced that it had received terrific gas base in Jafurah we will use to gen-
regulatory approval from the Ministry of erate blue hydrogen.”™

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APPEA hails Queensland’s resource roadmap

PROJECTS & QUEENSLAND’S energy industry has hailed the APPEA said steel casing reform for horizon-
COMPANIES state government’s 30-year roadmap for its resources tal wells, improvements in approval efficiency
sector, noting that the draft plan cements natural gas’ and initiatives to support the decarbonisation of
role as the backbone of the local economy. the economy were all “new and positive develop-
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk ments for the energy sector”.
unveiled the draft Queensland Resources Indus- The acting director of APPEA’s Queensland
try Development Plan on November 24, outlin- branch, Matthew Paull, said: “The plan provides
ing measures designed to transform the state’s improved certainty and clarity for Queensland’s
resources sector by 2050. resources sector, with the gas industry continu-
Commenting on the draft plan, which is open ing to be the backbone of the state economy.”
for consultation until February, with a final version He added: “The plan shows an understanding
due for release in mid-2022, Resources Minister of the vital role natural gas plays right through-
Scott Stewart said the state’s resources would allow out the state and particularly in our regional
for the development of clean energy systems. communities … This plan confirms that role
He said: “Queensland has the minerals that as a provider of the reliable, affordable gas we
will be needed for a decarbonised economy and depend on while also developing renewable
for building renewable energy systems, which energy technologies.”
means more regional jobs.” The draft plan came the same day the state
While the plan’s announcement focused on announced the release of the 2021 Queens-
such items as the strategic development of the land Exploration Programme (QEP). The QEP
local battery industry and the redevelopment includes petroleum and eight oil and gas explora-
of abandoned mineral mines, the Australian tion areas across the Bowen, Bowen/Surat, Ero-
Petroleum Production and Exploration Associ- manga and Adavale basins. Tenders, which open
ation (APPEA) argued that several of its reforms in December and close in March 2022, provide
would ensure that gas remained the long-term for conventional, unconventional and coal-bed
“backbone” of the state’s economy. methane (CBM) exploration opportunities.™

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