Six high-efficiency gas compression trains for the first phase of Saudi Aramco’s Master Gas System Expansion Project have been assembled locally in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.Â
Aramco said it marks a significant boost to efforts in promoting localisation and developing local content.
The local manufacturing of the compression trains by GE Oil and Gas is in line with the vision of Saudi Aramco’s In-Kingdom Total Value Add Program (IKTVA), a programme designed to drive domestic value creation and maximise long-term economic growth and diversification to support a rapidly changing Saudi economy.
By 2021, Saudi Aramco is striving to achieve a 70% localization of spending, creating a business environment that will provide 500,000 new jobs and enable 30% export of Saudi energy sector products.
GE Oil and Gas recently cut the ribbon on one of the units at its GE Manufacturing and Technology (GEMTEC) Dammam facility.
Saudi Aramco has encouraged GE to invest in its Dammam facility so that it can perform complex assemblies.
A total of six compression trains, which have been fully assembled locally at GEMTEC, are part of a multi-million dollar contract to provide 18 high-efficiency gas compression trains — each consisting of an aero-derivative gas turbine driving a centrifugal compressor.
In 2016, six more trains will be assembled at GEMTEC as part of the second phase of the Master Gas System Expansion Project.
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