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Aramco's Zuluf Crude Oil Increment Completes
Saudi AramcoZuluf Oilfield
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysA target year, per Aramco's^[2][3] Q2 2026 results release: 'Zuluf crude oil increment and Fadhili Gas Plant expansion on track for completion in 2026 and 2027, respectively' - a bare year, so its last day.
The offshore Zuluf increment, whose associated gas feeds the new Tanajib Gas Plant, is on track for completion in 2026 after Marjan came on stream in December 2025.
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Dawa District, Panjin City, Liaoning, ChinaSaudi Aramco
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysEstimated, per aramco.com^[1]: the complex "is expected to be fully operational by 2026" (a bare year, so its last day); Energy Intelligence (Oct 2025) says it is on track to come "on line next year", and Splash (Sep 2026) reports it in "final commissioning and start-up preparations" with no date.
A 300,000 b/d refinery with 1.65 million tonnes a year of ethylene and 2 million tonnes of paraxylene in Panjin, Liaoning, built by Aramco's joint venture with NORINCO and Panjin Xincheng for RMB 83.7 billion. Aramco will supply up to 210,000 barrels a day of its crude.
CN¥83.7B
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Jafurah Phase Two Expansion Completes
Saudi AramcoAl Jafurah, Al Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsA target year, per Aramco's^[1][2][3][4] Q2 2026 results release (3 August 2026): phase two 'continued with procurement and construction activities, with an expected completion in 2027' - a bare year, so its last day.
The second phase adds gas compression, new processing trains at the Jafurah Gas Plant and the Riyas NGL fractionation plant in Jubail, built under 16 contracts worth about $12.4 billion.
$12.4B
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Starts 01/31/2027DELAYED4 weeks late66% CONFIDENCEin 129 daysDelayed, per iusm.co.kr^[1]: S-Oil told its 3 August 2026 call it is "2027년 초 상업가동을 목표로" (targeting commercial operation in early 2027) after pre-commissioning and start-up; KBS (Feb 2026) gives the target as January 2027, so the month's last day.
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Master Gas System Phase Three Expansion Completes
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Starts 12/31/2028ESTIMATED 56% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsA target year, per SPA's^[1] copy of Aramco's^[3] 30 June 2024 release: the expansion 'will ... raise its total capacity by an additional 3.15 billion standard cubic feet per day (bscfd) by 2028' - a bare year, so its last day.
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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.
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NextDecade…TX 48, Cameron County, Texas, 78578, United States
Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATED 66% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsEstimated, per NextDecade's FID release: "The guaranteed substantial completion date for Train 4, as well as the date of first commercial delivery (DFCD) under the Train 4 LNG SPAs, is anticipated in the second half of 2030" - a half-year, so its last day.^[1]
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Aramco Agrees to Sell Its PRefChem Stake to PETRONAS
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Starts 05/25/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE122 days agoStated as firm, per petronas.com^[4]: "KUALA LUMPUR, 25 May 2026 - PETRONAS announces that its subsidiary ... has signed an agreement to acquire the equity stake held by Saudi Arabian Oil Company"; Aramco's^[1][2] own newsroom dates the joint announcement May 24, 2026.
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Aramco Closes $11 Billion Jafurah Midstream Deal With GIP-Led Consortium
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Investors led by BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners take 49% of Jafurah Midstream Gas Company, which leases the Jafurah gas plant and Riyas NGL facility back to Aramco for 20 years in return for a tariff.
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Drone Strike Shuts Aramco's Ras Tanura Refinery
Saudi AramcoSaudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery, Ra's Tannurah, Ras Tannurah Governorate, Eastern Province, 32811, Saudi Arabia
Starts 03/02/2026CONFIRMED 78% CONFIDENCE206 days agoStated as done, per The National (published 2 March 2026): 'Saudi Aramco has shut down operations at its Ras Tanura refinery after a fire broke out following a reported drone attack'; SANA's^[6] 2 March report says the shutdown happened 'on Monday'.
Debris from two intercepted drones, launched as Iran struck its Gulf neighbours, started a fire at Saudi Arabia's largest domestic refinery, a 550,000 barrel-a-day plant, and Aramco halted it as a precaution.
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Only the month is given, per Aramco's^[2][3] 26 February 2026 release: Tanajib 'Operations commenced in December 2025' and 'coincided with the start of production at Aramco's Marjan crude oil increment' (OGJ^[1]: 'Formally commissioned in December 2025') - a month, so its last day.

Start: Dec 31, 202550% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Tanajib Gas Plant Starts Up With the Marjan Crude Increment

One of the world's largest gas plants began processing associated gas from the offshore Marjan and Zuluf fields, heading for 2.6 billion cubic feet a day of raw gas capacity in 2026, as the Marjan crude increment came on stream.

Aramco commissioned the Tanajib Gas Plant in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province in December 2025, announcing it on 26 February 2026 alongside the start of Jafurah^[1][3]
The start-up coincided with first production from the Marjan crude oil increment; Aramco's full-year 2025 results said Marjan was brought on stream and water injection had begun at the Berri increment^[1][2]
The onshore plant processes associated gas from offshore crude production at the Marjan and Zuluf fields and is to reach 2.6 billion cubic feet a day of raw gas processing capacity in 2026^[3][4]
With Jafurah phase one, Tanajib is projected to add about 1.3 billion cubic feet a day of sales gas capacity toward Aramco's goal of about 80% more sales gas capacity by 2030 than in 2021^[1][3]

Notable features

Raw gas processing capacity: 2.6 bscfd (in 2026)^[3]
Gas treatment and processing, NGL recovery and fractionation, digital integration and advanced process controls^[1][3]

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ogj.com/refining-processing/gas-processing/new-plants/news/55360335/tanajib-gas-plant-startup-advances-aramcos-growth-strategy
ogj.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2025 ✓· 42% of score
Only the month is given, per Aramco's^[2][3] 26 February 2026 release: Tanajib 'Operations commenced in December 2025' and 'coincided with the start of production at Aramco's Marjan crude oil increment' (OGJ: 'Formally commissioned in December 2025') - a month, so its last day.
[2]85%
Aramco fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results press release
aramco.com· Published Mar 10, 2026· 20% of score
Aramco's^[3] FY2025 results (10 March 2026): 'Marjan crude oil increment brought onstream and water injection operations commenced at Berri crude oil increment', with operations begun at Tanajib Gas Plant.
[3]95%
Aramco's gas strategy builds momentum with major progress towards growth target
aramco.com· Published Feb 26, 2026· 19% of score
Aramco's^[2] own release, 26 February 2026: Tanajib 'Operations commenced in December 2025', 2.6 bscfd raw gas capacity in 2026, processes associated gas from Marjan and Zuluf, start coincided with the Marjan crude increment.
[4]80%
Aramco starts up Jafurah, eyes 80% gas capacity growth by 2030
worldoil.com· Published Feb 26, 2026· 19% of score
World Oil, 26 February 2026: Tanajib commenced operations in December 2025, 2.6 Bscfd in 2026, processes Marjan and Zuluf associated gas, coincided with the Marjan increment start-up.

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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco's Zuluf Crude Oil Increment Completes
Saudi AramcoZuluf Oilfield
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysA target year, per Aramco's^[2][3] Q2 2026 results release: 'Zuluf crude oil increment and Fadhili Gas Plant expansion on track for completion in 2026 and 2027, respectively' - a bare year, so its last day.
The offshore Zuluf increment, whose associated gas feeds the new Tanajib Gas Plant, is on track for completion in 2026 after Marjan came on stream in December 2025.
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Huajin Aramco's Panjin Refinery and Petrochemical Complex Starts Up
Dawa District, Panjin City, Liaoning, ChinaSaudi Aramco
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysEstimated, per aramco.com^[1]: the complex "is expected to be fully operational by 2026" (a bare year, so its last day); Energy Intelligence (Oct 2025) says it is on track to come "on line next year", and Splash (Sep 2026) reports it in "final commissioning and start-up preparations" with no date.
A 300,000 b/d refinery with 1.65 million tonnes a year of ethylene and 2 million tonnes of paraxylene in Panjin, Liaoning, built by Aramco's joint venture with NORINCO and Panjin Xincheng for RMB 83.7 billion. Aramco will supply up to 210,000 barrels a day of its crude.
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Jafurah Phase Two Expansion Completes
Saudi AramcoAl Jafurah, Al Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsA target year, per Aramco's^[1][2][3][4] Q2 2026 results release (3 August 2026): phase two 'continued with procurement and construction activities, with an expected completion in 2027' - a bare year, so its last day.
The second phase adds gas compression, new processing trains at the Jafurah Gas Plant and the Riyas NGL fractionation plant in Jubail, built under 16 contracts worth about $12.4 billion.
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
S-Oil's Shaheen Petrochemical Complex Starts Commercial Operation
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Starts 01/31/2027DELAYED4 weeks late66% CONFIDENCEin 129 daysDelayed, per iusm.co.kr^[1]: S-Oil told its 3 August 2026 call it is "2027년 초 상업가동을 목표로" (targeting commercial operation in early 2027) after pre-commissioning and start-up; KBS (Feb 2026) gives the target as January 2027, so the month's last day.
S-Oil's 9.26 trillion won Shaheen complex at its Onsan refinery in Ulsan, with the world's first commercial Thermal Crude-to-Chemicals unit and a 1.8 million-tonne ethylene cracker, is due to start commercial operation in early 2027. Aramco is S-Oil's largest shareholder.
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Master Gas System Phase Three Expansion Completes
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Starts 12/31/2028ESTIMATED 56% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsA target year, per SPA's^[1] copy of Aramco's^[3] 30 June 2024 release: the expansion 'will ... raise its total capacity by an additional 3.15 billion standard cubic feet per day (bscfd) by 2028' - a bare year, so its last day.
Around 4,000 km of new pipelines and 17 compression trains are to add 3.15 billion cubic feet a day to the network that carries gas across Saudi Arabia, built under 15 contracts worth about $8.8 billion.
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Aramco Starts Shale Gas Production at Jafurah
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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.
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Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
The First 412,000 Barrels Go Underground at West Hackberry
US Department of EnergyWest Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Hackberry, Cameron Parish, LA 70645, United States
Starts 07/21/1977CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE49.2 years agoDOE's own 40th-anniversary piece gives the day: "On July 21, 1977, the SPR received its first oil delivery."^[1]
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve took its first delivery on 21 July 1977: about 412,000 barrels of Saudi Arabian light crude, pumped into salt caverns near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Construction had started that April, when the government bought up existing caverns along the Gulf Coast rather than wait to dig its own.
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Rio Grande LNG Train 4 Starts Commercial Deliveries, Including to Aramco
NextDecade…TX 48, Cameron County, Texas, 78578, United States
Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATED 66% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsEstimated, per NextDecade's FID release: "The guaranteed substantial completion date for Train 4, as well as the date of first commercial delivery (DFCD) under the Train 4 LNG SPAs, is anticipated in the second half of 2030" - a half-year, so its last day.^[1]
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Sable Restarts Santa Ynez Pipeline Oil Flow Under DPA Order
Sable Offshore…Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United States
Starts 03/14/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE194 days agoStated as accomplished fact, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: "on March 14, 2026, the Company resumed the transportation of hydrocarbons (oil) produced at the Santa Ynez Unit ... through the ... Santa Ynez Pipeline System".
Sable Offshore resumed shipping crude from Las Flores Canyon to Pentland Station through the Santa Ynez Pipeline System on March 14, 2026, complying with a Defense Production Act order issued by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The company expects first sales by April 1, 2026 at a gross oil rate of 50,000 Bbls/d, which it says would raise domestic crude supply into the California market by about 17%.
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Aramco Agrees to Sell Its PRefChem Stake to PETRONAS
JALAN PIC T/1, Petrochemical Complex, Kota Tinggi, Johor, MalaysiaSaudi Aramco
Starts 05/25/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE122 days agoStated as firm, per petronas.com^[4]: "KUALA LUMPUR, 25 May 2026 - PETRONAS announces that its subsidiary ... has signed an agreement to acquire the equity stake held by Saudi Arabian Oil Company"; Aramco's^[1][2] own newsroom dates the joint announcement May 24, 2026.
Aramco signed an agreement to transfer its stakes in the PRefChem refinery and petrochemical complex at Pengerang, Johor to PETRONAS, which will own and run it outright. Aramco committed $7 billion to the 300,000 b/d project in 2017; the sale comes as the Strait of Hormuz closure cut Saudi crude flows to Asia.
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Closes $11 Billion Jafurah Midstream Deal With GIP-Led Consortium
Al Jafurah, Al Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco
10/28/2025 - 10/27/2045CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE331 days agoStated as done, per aramco.com^[1][6] (dateline 'DHAHRAN|OCTOBER 28, 2025'): Aramco 'today announced the completion of an $11 billion lease and leaseback investment agreement'; Argaam^[4] and SPA^[3] carry the same 28 October date. The end is the 20-year term ('leasing them back to Aramco under a 20-year agreement') counted from that completion, exclusive.
Investors led by BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners take 49% of Jafurah Midstream Gas Company, which leases the Jafurah gas plant and Riyas NGL facility back to Aramco for 20 years in return for a tariff.
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Drone Strike Shuts Aramco's Ras Tanura Refinery
Saudi AramcoSaudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery, Ra's Tannurah, Ras Tannurah Governorate, Eastern Province, 32811, Saudi Arabia
Starts 03/02/2026CONFIRMED 78% CONFIDENCE206 days agoStated as done, per The National (published 2 March 2026): 'Saudi Aramco has shut down operations at its Ras Tanura refinery after a fire broke out following a reported drone attack'; SANA's^[6] 2 March report says the shutdown happened 'on Monday'.
Debris from two intercepted drones, launched as Iran struck its Gulf neighbours, started a fire at Saudi Arabia's largest domestic refinery, a 550,000 barrel-a-day plant, and Aramco halted it as a precaution.
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