HARADH, November 01, 2005. Employees in the Haradh area were feeling like part of a big family, Haradh Gas Plant manager Fahad Al-Helal said, after breaking fast with company executives.

Senior vice president for Exploration and Producing Abd Allah S. Al-Saif led the group of executives on their visit to company operations in Haradh on Oct. 17, which included inspection tours of Sinopec Rig SINO-1, the Haradh GOSP-3 construction site and Haradh Gas Plant.

At the rig, contracted by Saudi Aramco Drilling and Workover for oil drilling, drilling engineer Abdallah Al-Dossary reviewed the performance of the rig, which was conducting multilateral horizontal drilling operations as part of Haradh Increment-III. He pointed out that while maintaining a performance level on par with other rigs in the area, the crew had no lost-time injuries.

At the Haradh GOSP-3 construction site, the visitors reviewed the progress of that project before moving to the Haradh Gas Plant, where they saw the gas processing area - considered the heart of the plant - and the plant's control room.

After those tours, the executives sat down with Southern Area Oil Operations executive director Faysal H. Al-Khaldi, Haradh workers and Southern Area oil and gas operations management to break the Ramadan fast at sunset.

Afterward, Jasem Sahwan, project manager of Haradh Crude Projects Division, explained the stages of development and construction progress at the Haradh GOSP-3 Project and its related pipelines.

Expressing his appreciation for the hard work of the project team, Sahwan said no significant obstacles had hindered construction. "The team," he said, "is composed of qualified young Saudis who are working patiently and with dedication to complete this vital project ahead of time."

Mohammad Al-Mulhim, senior Operations representative and commissioning team leader of Haradh Increment-III Projects, discussed the main challenges of Haradh Increment-III, which included completing the GOSP and all its interface projects ahead of time, and getting the seawater injection facilities and their interface projects running six months ahead of plant operations.

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