Today, Sunday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the discovery of a number of natural gas fields on its territory.
According to the Saudi Press Agency, Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman said that Aramco was able to discover a number of natural gas fields in the central region, the Empty Quarter, the northern border region, and the eastern region.
He added that the “Shadun” natural gas field was discovered in the central region, 180 km southeast of Riyadh, after gas flowed from the “Shadun-1” well at a rate of 27 million standard cubic feet per day, with 3,300 barrels of condensate. .
The “Shehab” natural gas field was also discovered in the Empty Quarter, 70 kilometers southwest of the Shaybah field, after gas flowed from the “Shehab-1” well at a rate of 31 million standard cubic feet per day.
The Al-Shorfa natural gas field was also discovered in the Empty Quarter, 120 kilometers southwest of the Shaybah field, after gas flowed from the “Al-Shorfa-2” well at a rate of 16.9 million standard cubic feet per day with 50 barrels of condensate.
The “Umm Khanasser” field of unconventional natural gas was also discovered, in the northern border region, 71 kilometers southeast of the city of Arar, after gas flowed from the “Umm Khanasser-1” well at a rate of two million standard cubic feet per day with 295 barrels of oil. capacitors.
The “Samna” field of unconventional natural gas was also discovered in the eastern region, south of the Ghawar field, 211 km southwest of Dhahran city. The flow of gas from the “Simna -104001” well at a rate of 11.6 million standard cubic feet per day with 169 barrels of condensate, and the flow of gas from the “Simna-6” well at a rate of 9.25 million standard cubic feet per day.
It is noteworthy that the CEO of Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser, had stated last November that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will become the third largest global producer of natural gas by 2030.