Khurais oil field ( ar, حقل خريص) is an
oil field
A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presence ...
in
Saudi Arabia that went online on June 10, 2009, adjacent to the world's largest, the
Ghawar trend. The Khurais field, with an area of 2,890 km
2 and 127 km long, is located about 250 km southwest of
Dhahran and 150 km east-northeast of
Riyadh.
Saudi Aramco Khurais Mega Project, Khurais, Saudi Arabia
Hydrocarbons-Technology.com accessed 7 March 2011 Pilot-scale production at Khurais began in 1963, but the field was never fully developed.
Khurais Megaproject
A project to develop this field along with Abu Jifan
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and Mazalij oil fields is called the Khurais Megaproject. The project began in 2006, is led by Halliburton for wells drilling, Snamprogetti for crude and utilities, Hyundai Hyundai is a South Korean industrial conglomerate ("chaebol"), which was restructured into the following groups:
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** Hyundai Mobis, Korean car parts company
** Hyundai ...
for gas. It is expected to cost $3 billion, and is expected to increase Saudi Arabia's export capacity from 11.3 to 12.5 million bpd. It will produce Arabian light crude, as well as 315 million scfd of sour gas
Sour gas is natural gas or any other gas containing significant amounts of hydrogen sulfide (H2S).
Natural gas is usually considered sour if there are more than 5.7 milligrams of H2S per cubic meter of natural gas, which is equivalent to approxim ...
for Shedgum Gas Plant and 70,000 bpd of Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) for Yanbu Gas Plant
Yanbu ( ar, ينبع, lit=Spring, translit=Yanbu'), also known simply as Yambu or Yenbo, is a city in the Al Madinah Province of western Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 300 kilometers northwest of Jeddah (at ). The population is 222,360 ( ...
.
The remote oil complex is served by Khurais Airport
Khurais Airport is a small airport in the oil complex of Khurais in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The airport occupies an area of 1.2 km2 next to the residential camp. It has replaced the previous Khurais Airport (old).
Overview
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, which provides air service for personnel commuting on a weekly basis from the Dammam
Dammam ( ar, الدمّام ') is the fifth-most populous city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina. It is the capital of the Eastern Province. With a total population of 1,252,523 as of 2020. The judicial and administrative ...
area.
See also
*2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack
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References
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External links
Khurais MegaprojectSaudi Aramco website
map of oil and gas infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Oil fields of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco oil and gas fields