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Jafurah Unconventional Gas Field

Saudi Arabia · Operational

Jafurah is Saudi Aramco's unconventional (shale) gas field, holding an estimated 229 trillion standard cubic feet of raw gas and 75 billion stock tank barrels of condensate, and began producing in December 2025. Aramco targets 2 billion standard cubic feet per day of sales gas, 420 million standard cubic feet per day of ethane and about 630,000 barrels per day of liquids by 2030, while later expansion phases remain under construction.

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Owner
Saudi Aramco
Location
Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Announced
22 February 2020
Expected
Full target output by 2030
Status checked
27 Sept 2026

Verified · updated 28 Sept 2026

Key facts

$110 bn

Announced project value

Gulf News· Tier 2 · reputable press·As announced Feb 2020·22 Feb 2020·About this indicator

$2.9 bn

Largest awarded contract

MEED· Tier 2 · reputable press·Awarded Jun 2024·1 Jul 2024·About this indicator

Major projects · Saudi Arabia

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Sources

  1. Gulf News · gulfnews.com · Tier 2 · reputable press
  2. MEED · meed.com · Tier 2 · reputable press