Foster Wheeler has been awarded contracts for the front-end engineering design (FEED) for Saudi Aramco’s Khurais Arabian Light Crude Increment Program in Saudi Arabia. The objective of the Khurais Increment Program is to increase production capacity at the Khurais Central Processing Facilities (CPF) by 300,000 bbl/d of oil from its current capacity of 1.2 mb/d, as well as to enhance production from the Mazalij and Abu Jifan fields by installation of a satellite Gas Oil Separation Plant (GOSP). Foster Wheeler will be responsible for the FEED, equipment and material specifications, development of a cost estimate, and procurement assistance for long-lead items. The FEED is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2014.
Saudi Aramco's current Khurais increment, which includes the development of the Abu Jifan and Mazalij fields, began crude oil production in June 2009. Its gas facilities treat the associated gas produced, and have the capacity to handle 70,000 bbl/d of condensate and 320 Mcf/d (3.3 bcm/year) of gas.