King Salman Energy Park
A Saudi industrial city located at a distance of 40 Km. from the Saudi Aramco Co.
King Salman Energy Park (known as SPARK) (Arabic: مدينة الملك سلمان للطاقة) is a new megaproject being constructed and located between Dammam and Al-Ahsa in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. This project is being developed, operated and managed by Saudi Aramco.
The project will be constructed through three phases occupying 50 square kilometers and situated near industrial areas and highway and railway networks.
Services and products
SPARK aims at providing different services and products including exploration, production, refining, petrochemicals, conventional power, water production and treatment, and drilling. Furthermore, it is expected by completing the project by 2035 to create 100,000 direct and indirect jobs in addition to an annual increase in GDP by $6 billion.
SPARK regions
By the completion of the first phase in 2021, SPARK will be divided into five main regions.
Industrial zone: this region consists of five different areas focusing on services and products of refining, exploration and production.
Dry port and logistics zone: provides Modern logistics services with an annual capacity of 8 million tons of cargo.
“King Salman Energy Park” enters the record as a Saudi industrial city located at a distance of 40 Km. from the Saudi Aramco Co. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what King, Salman and Energy can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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