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Our commitment to remain the world leader in the production of petroleum-based energy is complemented by our commitment to help solve a host of pressing issues. We believe we can make a difference wherever we do business by investing in innovation and entrepreneurship, creating educational opportunities, powering economic progress, increasing environmental awareness, and working in partnership for energy sustainability.
The world’s need for energy is growing, but so too is our ability to meet that demand. Our teams have been discovering new and better ways of delivering petroleum energy since 1933. Find out more about our leadership, our history and the people who make us the world’s leading integrated petroleum enterprise.
We recognize the importance of gas for domestic electricity generation, and for powering desalination plants and other industries.
It’s also a vital feedstock for the petrochemical industry.
As early as the 1970s, we saw the merits of gas as a valuable resource.
By creating the Master Gas System, we began capturing and making good use of the gas associated with oil production that would ordinarily have been flared.
Saudi Aramco is responsible for known gas reserves of 282.6 trillion standard cubic feet (scf), the fourth largest in the world.
Finding additional gas reserves is one of our top priorities, and so far our exploration program has been very successful. In 2011, Saudi Aramco focused heavily on major offshore gas developments in the Arabian Gulf, as well as its new facilities for gas processing and natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation.
In order to focus on accessing the Kingdom’s unconventional gas resources, which may rival its conventional gas reserves, we launched our Upstream Unconventional Gas program in 2011.
In 2011, we reached a one-day peak of 11.2 billion scf of raw gas production.
We also increased our gas production (raw gas to gas plants) from 9.4 billion scfd in 2010 to 9.9 scfd in 2011.
Our Karan program, which began production in 2011, is the first non-associated offshore gas increment in our history. When completed in 2013, the increment will be capable of delivering 1.8 billion scfd of sour gas via a 110-km subsea pipeline to the Khursaniyah Gas Plant.
Saudi Aramco has begun drilling in the Hasbah and Arabiya offshore gas fields, located northeast of Dhahran. We have broken several records with these drilling activities, including drilling the largest diameter holes and running the longest casing strings.
Major progress has also been made on the new Wasit Gas Plant, which will be one of the largest gas plants Saudi Aramco has ever built when it is completed in 2014.
In 2011, Saudi Aramco earned international recognition from the international Gas Processors Association (IGPA) and the U.S. National Safety Council (NSC) for outstanding safety performance in 2010. The IGPA awarded the Perfect Record Award to several Saudi Aramco gas plants including the Ju'aymah and Yanbu' NGL fractionation plants, and the Haradh, Shedgum, 'Uthmaniyah, Hawiyah and Khursaniyah gas plants.
Another major achievement in 2011 was the successful installation of the first Gas Treating Membrane Technology Plant at Shedgum Gas Plant.
Looking to the future, a clear focus will be energy efficiency in our gas operations. We have introduced a unique energy efficiency program for our Gas Operations organization that will reduce facility energy intensity by 26 percent, a target we hope to achieve by 2015.
We aim to achieve a 10 percent reduction through various plant operation optimizations and process improvements. The remaining 16 percent reduction in energy intensity will be achieved through capital projects in new or expanded activities.
In 2011, energy intensity was significantly reduced by more than 5 percent – surpassing our 2 percent target – through effective implementation of the efficiency program elements.
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JAZAN, 22-May-2013To maintain our legacy of reliability, our operations span the globe and range from exploration and producing to refining, chemicals, distribution and marketing. Learn more about our global presence, our world-class facilities and our current projects.
Our corporate social responsibility vision is to be an influential leader in creating social and economic opportunities for the welfare of the Kingdom and in other locations where our affiliates do business.
We’re constantly striving to bring new technologies to bear in our operations. From developing new and improved processes to adapting off-the-shelf tools to meet our needs, our researchers are at the forefront of investigating ways to improve the performance of petroleum and lighten its environmental footprint.
At Saudi Aramco, we make every effort to work with leading businesses. We realize that developing partnerships leads to more jobs and a stronger domestic economy. We also share our expertise with others and learn from them as well. We encourage and support those with entrepreneurial spirit and work collaboratively with our business partners for continuous improvement.
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