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Saudi Aramco nears decision phase on expansion of world's largest offshore oilfield - Upstream Online

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Saudi Aramco nears decision phase on expansion of world’s largest offshore oilfield | Upstream Online

Saudi Aramco is close to deciding on at least nine offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation contracts for the expansion of its giant Safaniyah oilfield.

The new expansion phase at the largest offshore oilfield in the world is crucial to Aramco’s ambition to increase its oil production capacity to 13 million barrels per day by 2027, up from the existing...

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