Shaybah Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Saudi Aramco
• Country: Saudi-Arabia
• Location:
• Production start: 1998
• Partners:
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume: 1,000,000 bpd

+++ Description

• The Shaybah field is located in the Rub’ Al-Khali desert in the south eastern part of the Kingdom, 800 kilometres from Dhahran making it Saudi Aramco’s most remote oil field
• The field is approximately 13 kilometres wide and 64 kilometres long.
• It produces Arabian Extra Light crude. The crude is processed at the Abqaiq Oil Processing Plant
• Associated gas is processed at the Sabkha NGL recovery plant

+++ Contractors

• **SNC-Lavalin:**
• **GE:** Supply of 11 gas turbine-generators, 44 compressors, motors and services
• **Samsung HE:** Central Processing Facility Expansion

+++ History

• 2006 - SNC-Lavalin awarded a contract to design and build the Shaybah Central Processing Facilities (CPF)
• 2014 - Samsung awarded Central Processing Facility Expansion contract
• 2106 - Expansion completed

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. SNC-Lavalin Awarded Contract For The Shaybah Expansion Program In Saudi Arabia
2. Saudi Aramco Selects GE for $500 Million Expansion Agreements
3. Contracts signed to help boost Shaybah production