Saudi Aramco's Wasit Gas Plant to Partially Start Early Next Year

Saudi Aramco’s new Wasit gas plant is likely to partially start in the first quarter of 2015, industry sources have told news agency Reuters.

According to Reuters, Wasit will be one of the largest gas plants not linked to oil wells ever built by Saudi Aramco. The plant will process 2.6 billion cubic feed per day of non-associated gas from the offshore fields Hasbah and Arabiyah.

The plant, north of Jubail, is expected to supply 1.75 bcfd of sales gas and could potentially produce up to 3.05 bcfd to meet peak summer demand, the news agency said.

“It will be partially in operation in the first quarter of next year, officially the project should be (fully) up and running mid 2015 but I think the more realistic schedule is sometime in 2016,” one source familiar with the matter told Reuters.