King Salman Energy Park (known as SPARK) is a new megaproject being constructed and located between
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 ...
and
Al-Ahsa in the Eastern Province of
Saudi Arabia. This project is being developed, operated and managed by
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco ( ar, أرامكو السعودية '), officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (formerly Arabian-American Oil Company) or simply Aramco, is a Saudi Arabian public petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran. , it is one of ...
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The project will be constructed through three phases occupying 50 square kilometers and situated near industrial areas and highway and railway networks.
Services and products
SPARK aims at providing different services and products including exploration, production,
refining
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Refining (also perhaps called by the mathematical term affining) is the process of purification of a (1) substance or a (2) form. The term is usually used of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, b ...
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petrochemicals, conventional power, water production and treatment, and drilling. Furthermore, it is expected by completing the project by 2035 to create 100,000 direct and
indirect jobs in addition to an annual increase in GDP by $6 billion.
SPARK regions
By the completion of the first phase in 2021, SPARK will be divided into five main regions.
* Industrial zone: this region consists of five different areas focusing on services and products of refining, exploration and production.
* Dry port and logistics zone: provides Modern logistics services with an annual capacity of 8 million tons of cargo.
* Business district : this includes Saudi Aramco's Drilling and Workover Headquarters
* Training centers : this region contains industrial training institutes and centers
* Residential compounds and commercial activities : this region consists of compounds, hotels, schools, health centers entertainment center
References
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