Saudi Petroleum (Facts and Figures)

First Well Discovery :
Well No. 7 in Dammam Field : 1 Muharram 1357 (4March 1938)
First Export Shipment:1358 (May 1939) from Ras Tanura terminal
Crude Oil Reserves: 261,542 billion barrels, or 26% of the world reserves
Gas Reserves: (214,262 trillion cubic feet)
Crude Oil production Capacity: 10.5MMB/D
Crude Oil Production: 8.5 MMB/D
Saudi Crude Oil Grades:

1- Arabian Heavy
2- Arabian Medium
3- Arabian Light
4- Arabian Extra Light (Berri)
5- Arabian Super Light

Number of Fields 87 fields( 13 gas fields).

Background information on some of the most famous oil fields:

Ghawar Field:	was discovered in 1948. It is considered the biggest oil field in the world. It is located 200 km east of Riyadh city. Its remaining oil reserves amount to about 67 billion barrels.
Safaniya Field:	Was discovered in 1951. It is considered the largest offshore oil field in the world. Its reserves amount to around 37 billion barrels of oil and 5,360 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
Hawtah Field:	was discovered in 1989. It is located 180 km south Riyadh city.It produces 200 MB/D of Arabian Super Light Oil with 49- degree gravity.
Shaybah Field:	Its reserves amount to 15 billion barrels of crude oil and 25 trillion cubic meters of gas. It produces 500,000 B/D. It has a 640 km pipeline that runs from Shay bah to Abqaiq.
East- West Pipeline (Abqaiq-Yanbu):	It is 10262 km long and carries 5 MMB/D.
Number of Refineries:
	Riyadh (1972) 110,000 B/D
	Jeddah (1968) 60,000 B/D
	Ras Tanura (1945) 350,000 B/D
	Rabigh (1989) 400,000 B/D
	Yanbu (domestic) (1982) 225,000 B/D

Refineries' Production Capacity (in-Kingdom) 1,795,000B/D
Refineries' Production Capacity(in and out of Kingdom) 3,000,000 B/D
Local Consumption of Refined products: 900,000 B/D

Export Terminals: Ras Tanura terminal and Ju'aymah on the Arabian Gulf and Yanbu terminal on the Red Sea and Ras al-Khafji.

Saudi Aramco Domestic Joint Ventures:

1- Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company (SASREF) in Jubail:
50/50 owned by Saudi Aramco and Shell. It was established in 1981. The Refinery's production capacity is 305,000 B/D of Arabian Light Oil.

2- Saudi Aramco Exxon Mobil Refinery Company (SAMREF) in Yanbu:
50/50 owned by Saudi Aramco and Exxon Mobil. It was established in 1984. The production capacity of this refinery is 365,000 B/D of Arabian Light Oil.

3- Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Company (PETROLUBE) in Jeddah:
Saudi Aramco holds 71% and Exxon/Mobil holds 29% of the company's equity. The company was established in 1968. It produces 2 million barrels/ Year of different types of lubricating oils for the local and international markets. The two most famous types are petromin Ultra 7 and petromin Extra Super.

4- Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Company (LUBREF) in Jeddah and Yanbu:
Saudi Aramco and Exxon Mobil 70% and 30%, respectively, of the company's equity. The company consists of two refineries: LUBREF-Jeddah with a 1.8 million B/Y production capacity and LUBREF-Yanbu with 2 million B/Y. This company was established in 1978. LUBREF-Yanbu commenced production in 1997.

Saudi Aramco Joint Ventures abroad:

Motiva Enterprises LLC/USA
Saudi Aramco holds a 32.5% share in Motiva, with Texaco holding 32.5% and Shell 35%.
Motiva possesses 4 refineries with 820,000 B/D total refining capacity and more than 13,000 service stations whose total sales of auto fuels are 600,000 B/D.

S-Oil Refinery – South Korea
Saudi Aramco owns a 35% stake in the company. The refinery's refining capacity is 525,000 B/D.

Petron Corporation-Philippine:
Saudi Aramco owns a 40% share in the company. The company's refining capacity is 180,000 B/D.

Motor Oil (Hellas) and Avinoil-Greece
50/50 owned by Saudi Aramco and Vardinoyannis Industrial Group. The refinery's refining capacity is about 100,000 B/D.

Arabian Pipeline Petroleum Company-SUMED-Egypt
Saudi Aramco owns a 15% share in the company. The pipeline runs from the Gulf of Suez to the Mediterranean shores,carrying around 2.4 MMB/D of crude oil.

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