[Edaily Reporter LEE DAWON ] #SamsungE&A received a special award at a major Middle Eastern project awards ceremony for its Jafurah Gas Processing Facility project in Saudi Arabia. The company has maintained a record of winning awards for 15 consecutive years since 2012, earning recognition for its engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) capabilities in the Middle Eastern plant market.

SamsungE&A announced on the 11th that its Jafurah Gas Processing Facility project in Saudi Arabia won the “Special Award for Strategic Energy Infrastructure” at the “MEED Project Awards” ceremony held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the 10th (local time).

MEED is a weekly magazine specializing in the Middle Eastern economy that annually selects and honors outstanding projects carried out in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. SamsungE&A has won the award for 15 consecutive years, from 2012 through this year.

The award-winning Jafurah Gas Processing Facility is one of the largest unconventional gas field development projects in Saudi Arabia. SamsungE&A was awarded the contract by Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company, and carried out the entire EPC process—from design to procurement and construction.

Notably, despite an unstable project environment caused by the spread of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, the company achieved its first production of marketable gas in December of last year.

SamsungE&A actively utilized modularization and prefabrication techniques during construction to reduce process risks and increase productivity. A prime example of this was the application of large-scale on-site modularization, which allowed for the simultaneous production of modules for both underground construction and above-ground facilities.

The precast concrete (PC) method—in which prefabricated concrete components are assembled on-site—was applied to approximately 44% of the total concrete volume. The company explained that it improved construction efficiency by expanding off-site construction, in which structures and equipment are prefabricated off-site.

A SamsungE&A official stated, “Winning this award for 15 consecutive years signifies that clients and the market have consistently placed their trust in our project execution capabilities,” adding, “We will further solidify our position in the Middle Eastern market based on our differentiated execution innovations and the highest quality.”