Zuluf Expansion Oil and Gas Phase (Saudi Arabia)

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Zuluf Expansion Oil and Gas Phase (الظلوف) is an in-development oil and gas phase in Saudi Arabia.

Along with Zuluf Oil and Gas Field (Saudi Arabia), Zuluf Expansion Oil and Gas Phase is a part of the Zuluf Oil and Gas Project (Saudi Arabia).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Phase-level project details for Zuluf Expansion Oil and Gas Phase

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Zuluf Expansion	in-development	Saudi Arabian Oil	Saudi Arabian Oil Co [100%]	1965	2022	–	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Zuluf Expansion Oil and Gas Phase

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
hydrocarbons	reserves	5568.0	million boe	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Zuluf Expansion Oil and Gas Phase

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	oil	219.0	million bbl/y	2027	​

Location

Table 4: Phase-level location details for Zuluf Expansion Oil and Gas Phase

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
offshore, Saudi Arabia	offshore	28.611, 49.059 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the phase(s) within the Zuluf Oil and Gas Project (Saudi Arabia):

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Background

In a 2022 report, Oil Change International, in an analysis using data from Rystad Energy’s UCube, highlighted the "major expansion" of the Zuluf field as partially driving Saudi Arabia to be the "second-largest expansion of new oil and gas production in 2022." The report went on to state "from the Zuluf field expansion alone, Saudi Aramco is by far the single worst company in terms of total new oil and gas supply and associated carbon emissions approved for development in 2022."

In early 2024, Saudi Aramco dialed "down plans for capacity expansion, throwing some ambitious projects into disarray" according to Energy Voice. However, the outlet reported that project which had already reached FID, including Marjan Expansion Oil Field (Saudi Arabia), Berri Expansion Oil Field (Saudi Arabia) and Zuluf, "would continue as planned."

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