Saudi Aramco is expected partially start up its new Wasit gas plant in the first quarter of 2015 despite some difficulties linked to construction, industry sources have told Reuters.Â
Wasit will be one of the largest gas plants not linked to oil wells ever built by Saudi Aramco. It will process 2.6 billion cubic feet per day of non-associated gas from the offshore fields Hasbah and Arabiyah.
“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 said.
The plant has been designed to supply 1.75 bcfd of sales gas and could potentially produce up to 3.05 bcfd to meet peak summer demand, said the report.
The project was expected to be delayed by at least one year because the gas coming from fields offshore had higher sulphur content than expected.
“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.
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