DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins2 years late62% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 62%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence335 days ago
Aramco's[1][5][6] 26 February 2026 release says it 'started production of the first unconventional shale gas at Jafurah in December 2025', and World Oil[4] reported on 3 December 2025 (citing Reuters and the 2026 budget statement) that Aramco 'has begun gas production from the first phase', so the start falls on 1-2 December; pinned to 1 December.The Middle East's largest liquids-rich shale gas play came on stream with a first phase of about 450 million cubic feet a day, the start of a ramp to 2 billion cubic feet a day of sales gas by 2030.