Saudi Aramco Awards $25bn in Contracts for Gas System and Jafurah Development
Saudi Aramco has awarded $25bn-worth of contracts for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) works and other services for the third expansion phase of the Master Gas System (MGS-3) and the second expansion phase of the Jafurah unconventional gas development. These contracts were officially signed at a ceremony held on 30 June at Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran.
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Phase 1: Master Gas System (MGS-3) Expansion
Value: $8.8bn
Objective: To increase the size of the Master Gas System network and raise its total capacity by an additional 3.15 billion standard cubic feet a day by 2028.
Scope: Installation of about 4,000 kilometers of pipelines and 17 new gas compression trains.
Selected Contractors:
- Package 1 – China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Company (China)
- Package 2 – Sepco (China)
- Packages 3 and 12 – Gas Arabian (Saudi Arabia)
- Package 4 – Mapa (Turkiye)
- Package 5 – Bin Quraya (Saudi Arabia)
- Packages 6 and 7 – Sinopec Petroleum Services (China)
- Package 8 – Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (India)
- Packages 10 and 14 – Nesma & Partners (Saudi Arabia) / Sicim (Italy)
- Package 11 – Max Streicher (Germany) / National Basics Company (Saudi Arabia)
- Packages 13, 15 and 17 – Kalpataru Projects International (India)
Phase 2: Jafurah Unconventional Gas Development
Value: $12.4bn
Objective: To construct gas compression facilities, associated pipelines, and expand the Jafurah gas plant, including construction of gas processing trains, utilities, sulphur, and export facilities.
Scope: Expansion of Jafurah gas plant and construction of new Riyas natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation facilities in Jubail.
Selected Contractors:
- Package 1 – gas processing plant and main process units – $2.9bn: Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (India)
- Package 2 – utilities and offsites – $2.4bn: Hyundai Engineering (South Korea)
- Package 3 – gas compression units – $1bn: Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon
- Riyas NGL package 1 – NGL fractionation trains – $1bn: Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain)
- Riyas NGL package 2 – utilities, storage, and export facilities – $2.2bn: Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain)
