Shaybah Expansion Breaks Ground

Another important step was taken recently in Saudi Aramco's program to increase its oil production with the beginning of construction of Shaybah Central Processing Facilities' GOSP-4.

When completed in 2008, the new gas-oil separation plant will produce 250,000 barrels of high-quality Arab Extra Light.

The program marks the expansion of an oil field that is among the most remote in Saudi Arabia, about 900 kilometers from Dhahran in the Rub' al-Khali. Those who have been there agree that the location, topography and climate make the area both challenging and interesting.