Khurais oil field () is an

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that went online on June 10, 2009, adjacent to the world's largest, the

Ghawar Ghawar (Arabic: الغوار) is an oil field located in Al-Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Measuring (some ), it is by far the largest conventional oil field in the world, and accounts for roughly a third of the cumulative ...

trend. The Khurais field, with an area of 2,890 km² and 127 km long, is located about 250 km southwest of

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and 150 km east-northeast of

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.Saudi Aramco Khurais Mega Project, Khurais, Saudi Arabia
Hydrocarbons-Technology.com accessed 7 March 2011 Pilot-scale production at Khurais began in 1963, but the field was never fully developed.

Khurais Megaproject

A project to develop this field along with Abu Jifan and Mazalij oil fields is called the Khurais Megaproject. The project began in 2006, is led by

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for wells drilling,

Snamprogetti Saipem S.p.A. (Società Azionaria Italiana Perforazioni E Montaggi lit. ''Drilling and Assembly Italian Public Limited Company'') is an Italian multinational oilfield services company and one of the largest in the world. Until 2016 it was a sub ...

for crude and utilities,

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for gas. It is expected to cost $3 billion, and is expected to increase Saudi Arabia's export capacity from 11.3 to 12.5 million bpd. It will produce Arabian light crude, as well as 315 million scfd of

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for Shedgum Gas Plant and 70,000 bpd of

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(NGL) for

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. The remote oil complex is served by

Khurais Airport Khurais Airport is a small airport in the oil complex of Khurais in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The airport occupies an area of 1.2 km2 next to the residential camp. It has replaced the previous Khurais Airport (old). Overview Sa ...

, which provides air service for personnel commuting on a weekly basis from the

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area.

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Khurais MegaprojectSaudi Aramco website

map of oil and gas infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
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Khurais Megaproject

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