Saudi Aramco awards contract for Haradh, Hawiyah gas projects

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco), the world’s largest crude exporter, on Sunday said it has awarded the contract to build three temporary construction facilities (TCFs) to AZMEEL Contracting Company, as part of its gas compression program in Haradh and Hawiyah. 

The contract involves the construction of full functional support building and facilities along with associated infrastructure and communication connectivity in the Haradh and Hawiyah operational areas, the national oil firm said in a statement.

“The TCF project will leverage on the Haradh Increment Program, which is considered a catalyst for growth through increasing total gas production by more than one billion standard cubic feet per day,” said Fahad Al-Helal, Saudi Aramco vice-president for project management.

He added that the involvement of a local company in the execution of the project is part of Aramco’s In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) initiative.

Saudi Aramco recently signed nearly $4.5 billion worth of agreements with several service contractors for oil and gas projects aimed to enhance its energy sustainability, diversify the economy, expand gas production, and localize domestic content. 

The agreements include improving and sustaining gas production from Haradh and Hawiyah fields by reducing choke pressure at the wellhead, the statement said.

Hawiyah Gas Plant (HGP) expansion project will provide additional gas processing facilities to process 1,070 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of raw sweet gas, installing a pipeline network to allow free-flowing 290 MMSCFD from Haradh field to HGP, it added.