(WO) – Aramco has marked two main milestones in its fuel enlargement technique with the beginning of unconventional manufacturing on the Jafurah subject and the commissioning of the Tanajib Gasoline Plant, reinforcing its goal to considerably broaden Saudi Arabia’s fuel manufacturing capability by 2030.
The Jafurah Gasoline Subject is without doubt one of the largest liquid-rich shale fuel fields within the Center East and part of the Kingdom’s evolving vitality panorama. Picture: Aramco
The corporate confirmed that first shale fuel manufacturing from Jafurah started in December 2025. Positioned throughout roughly 17,000 sq km, Jafurah is the most important liquids-rich unconventional fuel growth within the Center East and is estimated to include 229 Tscf of uncooked fuel and 75 Bbbl of condensate and liquids.
By 2030, Jafurah is predicted to ship as much as 2 Bscfd of gross sales fuel, 420 MMscfd of ethane and roughly 630,000 bpd of high-value liquids. The event types a central element of Aramco’s technique to extend gross sales fuel manufacturing capability by about 80% by 2030, in comparison with 2021 ranges. Complete fuel and related liquids manufacturing is projected to succeed in roughly 6 MMboed underneath the plan.
In parallel, the Tanajib Gasoline Plant commenced operations in December 2025 and is predicted to succeed in uncooked fuel processing capability of two.6 Bscfd in 2026. The power processes related fuel from the offshore Marjan and Zuluf fields and coincided with the start-up of the Marjan crude oil increment mission.
Aramco stated the mixed developments strengthen its built-in fuel portfolio, broaden processing capability and help the Kingdom’s broader goals to diversify its vitality combine, displace liquid fuels in home energy era and improve vitality safety.
The corporate estimates that incremental fuel volumes may generate between $12 billion and $15 billion in further working money move by 2030, topic to market situations.
With Jafurah and Tanajib now operational, Aramco continues to place pure fuel as a cornerstone of its long-term progress technique and Saudi Arabia’s evolving vitality panorama.