Project Profile

Value: US$5 billion
Location: Persian Gulf
Start-up Year: 2014
Water Depth: 52 metres

The Safaniya Field is the largest offshore oil reservoir ever discovered. It is located about 265 kilometres (165 mi) north of the company headquarters in Dhahran in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia.  

Berri was originally designed as a gas collection and compression center to process trapped gas from the Berri oil field, but it has become one of the centerpieces of our Master Gas System.

The Abu Sa’afa oilfield is equally shared by Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. In support of the Bahraini economy, Saudi Arabia has provided Bahrain with 140,000 barrels of output per day from its share of the Abu Safa field, free of charge, since 1996.

Marjan’s offshore facilities are expected to be designed to handle around 300,000 barrels per day of oil and will involve more than 100 development wells.

Operators:

Saudi Aramco: Operator with 100% interest


Contractors:

WorleyParsons: Project management and FEED services.

Amec Foster Wheeler: Integrated oil and gas expansion of the Marjan offshore and onshore oilfield

National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC): Contracted to provide engineering, procurement, fabrication, load-out, transportation, installation, hook-up and pre-commissioning work.

Arabian Geophysical & Surveying Co (ARGAS): Seismic contract to explore the Zuluf oifield

ENPPI (Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries): EPC contract for Safaniya water disposal system upgrade

Global Industries: EPC contract for water injections and pipeline installations

McDermott: Installation of infield flow lines, flexible laterals, power and control cables and sleds, six topsides and a bridge that connects to the existing Marjan facilities and transportation and installation of pipelines and subsea tie-ins

National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC): EPC contract for Safiniyah artifical lift and further work on the north Safaniya offshore oil field

Royal Boskalis Westminster: Dredging work for crude pipeline to the mainland

Saipem S.p.A.: Fabrication, transportation and installation of offshore structures
- Engineering, procurement, installation, and construction (EPIC) work for the development of fields in Marjan, Zuluf and Safaniya. (November, 2016)

WorleyParsons: FEED contract

McDermott (Dubai): Initial work for a significant power supply system replacement contract by Saudi Aramco for the Marjan field, offshore Saudi Arabia. Work is expected to be executed through the fourth quarter of 2016. The overall brownfield project comprises integrated engineering, procurement, construction, installation (“EPCI”) and replacement of the decks of two existing tie-in platforms, as well as the removal and salvage of existing gas turbine generators, and the installation of two new 115kV subsea power and communication cables. The initial scope of work comprises the engineering, procurement, fabrication and load-out of the platforms and cable. Engineering is expected to be carried out by McDermott’s specialist teams in Dubai, U.A.E.; Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia; and Chennai, India, and the two new electrical decks are scheduled to be fabricated at the Dubai-based fabrication facility.

McDermott International, Inc.: Contracted for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation work.

SNC-Lavalin: Contracted for engineering and project management services.