Saudi Aramco Picks GE For Even More Seawater Injection Capacity At Ghawar (World's Largest Oilfield)

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Saudi Aramco has selected GE Oil & Gas business for supplying gas turbines to the Southern Area seawater capacity expansion project in Ghawar - the world’s largest oil field - and the Khurais oil field.

GE will deliver 12 mechanical drive packages, including seven driven by MS5002C gas turbines and five by MS5002D gas turbines. The expansion project will help to increase Saudi Aramco’s production.

The equipment will be manufactured at GE Oil & Gas facilities in Florence, Italy and shipped to the project sites in 2007, with commercial operation expected to begin in 2008. The GE contract also includes spare parts and training.

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http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Saudi%20Arabia/208159

[IDemo]

1. Gee, they're already at 30 to 50 percent water cut, possibly 90

They are pumping "brine stained with oil" according to one quote, and now they want to greatly exceed the 7 million barrels per day of water injection that got them here. Any chance they, err, embellished a bit on the 262B barrel "proven" reserves figure??

This elephant ain't dying, folks. It's been rotting for some time, and the stench is about to hit.

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2. Holy crap.

[Mojorabbit]

3. Well that is lovely.

I think we will throw the saudi's to the wolves as soon as they are no longer of use and I think they know it. Keep pumping that oil. Get that last drop or else. Sigh