Hawiyah Gas Plant represented the first expansion of the Master Gas System (MGS) since the 1970s. It was an essential component of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's core industrial equipment, addressing the grid overload resulting from an unexpected surge in domestic demand for natural gas fuels and feedstock. The plant provided the necessary facilities for processing sour gas from al-Khuff and al-Jawf deep, high-pressure reservoirs. Significance of Hawiyah Gas Plant The Hawiyah Gas Plant is c...
Shedgum is an oil region near al-Ahsa. It has witnessed a number of exploration and production activities that proved its effectiveness. On February 23, 1954, well No. (twelve) in Shedgum, near Ayn Dar, was the first oil well drilled by an entirely Saudi team. 1 Shedgum is one of the six main areas of the Ghawar field, located about one hundred km west of Dhahran city, alongside the areas of Fazran, Ayn Dar, Uthmaniyah, Hawiyah, and Harad. 2 Shedgum gas plant Through its investment in projects ...
The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) is an international climate change initiative involving energy and petroleum ministers. It focuses on developing advanced cost-effective technologies for the separation and capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) for its transport, utilization, and long-term safe storage. The CSLF seeks to establish a common ground among all member states to tackle the issue of climate change by emphasizing that the effective management of greenhouse gases is essential f...
Non-Metallic Materials are materials that that can inhibit metal corrosion and are distinguished by their lightweight, durability, and cost-effectiveness. They exist in gas, liquid, or solid state. These materials encompass both natural sources like wood, sand, clay, gases, and elements such as carbon, as well as synthetic compounds like polymers derived from oil and gas. Use of non-metallic materials in the Kingdom The integration of metallurgy with polymer science, physical and inorganic chem...
As-Suq Mine is an open-pit gold mine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Production began in 2014. Low-concentration ore is extracted and processed using heap leaching technology. The mine's production reached 17,042 oz. of gold in 2022. As-Suq Mine is located two hundred km east of Taif Governorate, and is managed by Ma'aden Gold Company. Its production capacity reached about 23,103 oz. of gold in 2021, while the mine’s reserves reached about ten million t in 2020. Gold production in a...
Energy Services and Equipment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are part of the energy sector operating system in the Kingdom. Its mission is to provide the necessary equipment for energy production and various logistic services. The Kingdom, as one of the largest global energy sources, has prepared numerous manufacturing facilities capable of meeting its energy production needs, encompassing both traditional and renewable sources. The renewable energy sector is a pivotal focus of Saudi Vision 203...
By 2030, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia aims to produce nine thousand MW of electrical power using wind energy, benefiting from its climate that supports such projects. The King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy has monitored the movement and activity of winds in the Kingdom by distributing forty towers, each about one hundred m in height. 1 Specific cities were selected for monitoring, including Riyadh, Sharurah, al-Jawf, Jeddah, Yanbu, Hafr al-Batin, al-Wajh, and Turayf, to be part o...
Ras Tannurah Refinery is a giant refinery that Saudi Aramco initiated during the early stages of oil production. The town of Ras Tannurah, situated on the shore of the Arabian Gulf, approximately sixty-four km from Dhahran in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, bore witness to the company's work initiation when, on May 1, 1939, the tanker D.G. Scofield anchored there. The Founding King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, personally turned the valve to load the first export shipment of crude oil fr...
Al-Qatif Field serves as one of the most important and oldest fields that produce a mixture of Arab light crude oil. It is located in al-Qatif Governorate, north of Dhahran in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was discovered in 1945, and four additional wells were drilled in al-Qatif region in 1948. Al-Qatif Field production The production of al-Qatif Field is five hundred thousand barrels per day. Its development began in 2001 and was completed in July 2004, three months ahead of schedule. The f...
Oil fields in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are a collection of onshore and offshore oil fields and wells discovered and operated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, totaling 142 fields. Most of the onshore oil fields are located within the Eastern Province's borders, along the coast of the Arabian Gulf and its maritime borders. All exploration, excavation, development, and production tasks are entrusted to the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), the largest oil producer and exporter in t...
Mining in Saudi Arabia is one of the most prominent economic sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the third pillar of its national economy. The Kingdom ranks thirteenth globally in terms of the abundance and diversity of minerals and mineral resources that exceed forty-eight types, and includes about fifteen minerals that can be exploited economically. The Kingdom has the largest reserves of phosphate and tantalum in the world. It is also the largest country in the Middle East to own gold...
Sakaka Solar Power Plant or Sakaka PV Power Plant is the first utility-scale renewable photovoltaic energy plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, laid its foundation stone in 2018. The project was launched in 2021 under the patronage of Crown Prince, Prime Minister, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Energy Mix Affairs for Electricity Production and Enabling Renewable Energy Sector, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bi...