The field is situated 160km (99.4mi) north of Dhahran, the headquarters of Saudi Aramco. The development was completed in 2012 ahead of schedule and under budget, reaching a full peak production capacity of 1.8 billion scfd.
The offshore infrastructure at Karan includes five wellhead platform complexes tied into the main platform.
The onshore infrastructure includes facilities for cogeneration and sulphur recovery, substations and a pipeline for transportation of gas.
Three processing trains, each with a capacity of 600mcf/d of gas are used to process the sour gas from Karan.
A 110km (68.3mi) subsea pipeline transports the gas produced at Karan to onshore processing facilities at the Khursaniyah Gas Plant.
You can also request a call to discuss our products and services.