Oil and gas
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.
- Owner
- Saudi Aramco
- Location
- Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
- Announced
- 22 February 2020
- Expected
- Full target output by 2030
- Status source
- Operational · 26 Feb 2026
- 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