DAMMAM, 26 January 2007 — Saudi Aramco plans to commission the Al-Hawyah project with a record daily capacity of four billion cubic feet of gas and 310,000 barrels of ethane in October. Its products will be supplied to Al-Hawyah and Harad plants for commercial and industrial marketing.
The project also includes the expansion of gas production at the Al-Hawyah and Al-Juaymah plants to supplement the shortfall in the expected volume of supply. The Hawyah plant will be linked with the Shadqam plant.
The project also covers the first phase of Shaibah-1 pipeline expansion to increase the capacity of pumping station No. 6 on the East-West pipeline and raise the capacity of the pipeline linking Shadqam and Al-Juaymah and the ethane line between Al-Juaymah with Jubail.
In another development, delegations of the 17 contracting companies met with officials of exploration and production at Hawyah facility. Muhammad Hammad, project director of the company, reviewed the progress in the project. The contracting companies were satisfied working with foreign companies and hoped that they would be able to undertake skilled works carried out by their foreign counterparts. Saudi Aramco has long maintained a position of global leadership in the oil industry. It has quickly become one of the world leaders in gas production, as well.
In both areas, Saudi Aramco remains committed to maintaining its state-of-the-art levels of research and exploration and a comparable focus on care for the environment.
