The project is expected to enable Saudi Aramco to enhance its oil recovery efforts and spur further economic growth in Saudi Arabia.
Shaybah, which is Saudi Aramco’s most remote oil field, is located in the southeastern section of the kingdom.
The new expansion is expected to enable Saudi Aramco to further increase crude production to 1 million bpd and increase the gas-oil ratio (GOR) of the field from 1,800 to 7,200 standard cubic feet per stock tank barrel (scf/stb).
To generate the additional 729MW of power, GE is supplying 11 gas turbine-generators, 44 compressors, motors and services.
A key feature of the expansion, the natural gas liquid (NGL) components from gas produced at Shaybah, will be recovered through the construction of the new Sabkha NGL recovery plant
The NGL recovery plant will process 2.4 billion standard cubic feet per day (scfd) of low-sulfur sweet gas and extract 264,000 bpd of NGL. The gas is used in petrochemical applications.
The 7EA gas turbines, which will be delivered to Shaybah, will be equipped with GE’s advanced Dry Low NOx combustion systems to reduce emissions.
All 44 GE centrifugal compressors will be driven by GE electric motors. GE will ship the equipment during the first half of 2012.
