Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer, has ramped up development at the natural gas-rich Jafurah field in the Eastern Province, considered the largest unconventional field of its kind in the Kingdom.

State-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., aka Aramco, secured regulatory approval in early 2020 to develop the mega field, which holds an estimated 200 Tcf. 

Designed to meet the “rising demand for high-value petrochemicals feedstock,” Jafurah is expected by 2030 to produce 2.2 Bcf/d, along with 418 MMcf/d of ethane and 630,000 b/d of natural gas liquids and condensate, according to Aramco. Production also would complement new hydrogen projects and support the company’s integrated gas portfolio. 

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