A contract has been let by Saudi Aramco contractor, Tecnicas Reunidas to Baker Hughes for six gas compression trains and six propane compressors for the third expansion phase of Aramco’s Jafurah gas field in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Baker Hughes will provide electric motor-driven compression solutions.
This order builds on Baker Hughes’ previous supply of compression solutions for the Haradh and Hawiyah gas plants, the first phase of the Jafurah gas plant and its gas compression facilities, as well as equipment for the third phase of Saudi Arabia’s Master Gas System project.
The Jafurah unconventional gas field, located in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province, is the largest unconventional non-associated gas field in Saudi Arabia, stretching 170 km in length and 100 km in width.Alongside an estimated 75 bbl stb condensate, Aramco has booked 15 tcf of raw gas and 2 bbl stb of condensate as proven reserves at the field and estimates that Jafurah contains a total resource of 229 tcf of raw gas.
