As many as 85 ambassadors, diplomats and their families visited recently the Khurais mega-facility. They were accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed by Deputy Minister for Protocol Affairs Allaadeen Al-Askari. They toured the facility as part of an official visit organized by Saudi Aramco and Saudi governmental bodies. Upon their arrival at Khurais airport, the diplomats were received by Abdulla I. Al-Isa, manager of Saudi Aramco Affairs in the Central Province; and Yousef A. Al-Furaidan, manager of the Khurais Producing Department, who welcomed the guests and briefed them on Saudi Aramco's programs and activities. Al-Furaidan gave the guests an overview of the Khurais field, including a general introduction on the importance and capacity of the project, which is considered the largest development in the history of the oil industry and has the capacity to produce 1.2 million barrels of Arabian Light Crude per day. The ambassadors and guests also learned that the plant has the capacity to process 420 million standard cubic feet per day of associated gas and 70,000 bpd of condensate. --MORE
