Country Report
Saudi Arabia upstream summary
Report summary
Saudi Arabia has an estimated oil production capacity of 12.25 million b/d. Saudi Arabia is OPEC's largest and most-influential member, and it plays a key role in adjusting production in response to market conditions. From 2017 to 2021, oil production has averaged 9.7 million b/d, but it has ranged from 12 million b/d when an earlier OPEC+ agreement ended to 7.5 million b/d when Saudi Arabia made additional voluntary cuts at the peak of the coronavirus crisis. Production is being ...
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Key facts
- Location maps
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Key companies
- Summary
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Saudi Aramco
- Initial public offering (IPO)
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Geology
- Introduction
- Regional Tectonic Framework
- Widyan - North Arabian Gulf basin
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Major Petroleum Plays - Widyan - North Arabian Gulf Basin
- Unayzah Formation
- Khuff Formation
- Marrat Formation
- Tuwaiq Mountain Formation
- Hanifa Formation
- Arab Formation
- Sulaiy Formation
- Yamama Formation
- Biyadh Formation
- Shuaiba Formation
- Wasia Formation
- Source Rocks and Petroleum Type
- Oil Quality
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Exploration
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Licensing
- Aramco
- The Partitioned Zone
- Onshore Partitioned Zone
- Offshore Partitioned Zone
- Other historic licence awards
- IOC Awards
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Unconventional gas
- Deepwater exploration
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Licensing
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Reserves and resources
- Oil
- Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs)
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Gas
- Unconventional gas
- Independent reserves evaluation
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Production
- Oil/Liquids
- Oil policy and production outlook
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Historical oil production
- Pre-1960
- 1960-1990
- 1990 to 2009
- 2010 onwards
- Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs)
- Gas
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Infrastructure
- Introduction
- Oil infrastructure
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Oil processing facilities
- Abqaiq
- Khurais
- Safaniyah
- Manifa
- Zuluf
- Qatif
- Marjan
- Khursaniyah
- Berri
- Hawtah
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Pipeline network
- Northern Area
- Southern Area
- East-West Area
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Main Pipelines
- Shedgum-Yanbu NGL pipeline (SHY-1)
- Abqaiq-Yanbu Pipelines (Petroline)
- Iraq Pipeline to Saudi Arabia (IPSA)
- Trans Arabian Pipeline (TAPLINE)
- Oil Refineries
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Oil Export Terminals
- Gulf coast
- Red Sea coast
- Gas infrastructure
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Master Gas System (MGS)
- Berri (associated Gas)
- Shedgum (associated Gas)
- Uthmaniyah (associated gas)
- Hawiyah (non-associated gas)
- Haradh (non-associated gas)
- Khursaniyah (associated and non-associated gas)
- Wasit (non-associated gas)
- Fadhili (non-associated gas)
- Tanajib
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Costs
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Capital costs
- Capital expenditure by location
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Operating costs
- Operating expenditure by location
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Capital costs
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Policy and regulation
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Key legislation
- Aramco
- Nationalisation
- Partitioned Zone (Kuwait/Saudi Arabia)
- Regulatory body
- Gas pricing
- State oil company
- State participation
- International boundaries
- Licensing
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Key legislation
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Fiscal terms
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Overview
- Upstream
- Midstream
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Current fiscal terms
- Royalty and other production taxes
- Domestic Market Obligation (DMO)
- Income Tax
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Overview
Tables and charts
This report includes 28 images and tables including:
- Key facts: Table 1
- Location maps: Image 1
- Map of Saudi Arabian Basins
- Mesozoic-Cenozoic Stratigraphic Column for the Widyan - North Arabian Gulf Basin
- Phanerozoic Stratigraphic Column for the Widyan - North Arabian Gulf Basin
- Reserves and resources: Table 1
- Reserves and resources: Table 2
- Liquids and Gas Production and Reserves
- Reserves and resources: Table 3
- Production: Table 1
- Production: Table 2
- Liquids Production
- Liquids Production by Sector
- Production: Table 3
- Production: Table 4
- Gas Production by Sector/Type
- Saudi Arabia Oil Infrastructure Map
- Infrastructure: Table 2
- Gas Infrastructure Map
- Reserves and contingent resources at 01/01/2023
- Liquids and Gas Production 2022
- Exploration: Table 1
- Infrastructure: Table 1
- Capital Expenditure by Region (US$ Million)
- Operating Expenditure by Region (US$ Million)
- Fiscal terms: Table 1
- Fiscal terms: Table 2
- Fiscal terms: Table 3
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