Deaths as fire hits Saudi gas plant
Blaze breaks out as maintenance work carried out on Aramco gas pipeline.
Published On 18 Nov 2007
State oil and gas firm Aramco is undertaking projects to boost output at a natural gas liquids recovery plant in Hawiyah.
The project will provide petrochemical feedstock to the industrial cities of Jubail and Yanbu in the kingdom, the world’s largest oil exporter.
The Hawiyah programme will produce 310,000 barrels of ethane and liquefied natural gas (LNG) products by 2008, through the Hawiyah plant and an expansion of the Juaymah gas fractionation plant near Ras Tanura.
It was not clear if the fire would delay the project.
Japan’s JGC Corp was awarded the contract for the Hawiyah’s liquefied natural gas production facilities.
Italian oil and gas company, Eni, is carrying out work related to gas treatment and compression facilities at the plant.
Source: News Agencies