Shedgum Oil and Gas Field (Saudi Arabia)

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Shedgum Oil and Gas Field (شدقم) is an operating oil and gas field in Saudi Arabia.

Along with South Ghawar Gas Field (Saudi Arabia), Ain dar Oil Field (Saudi Arabia), and Waqr Gas Field (Saudi Arabia), Shedgum is a part of the Ghawar Oil and Gas Project (Saudi Arabia).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Shedgum Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Shedgum	Operating	Saudi Aramco	Saudi Aramco (100.0%)	1952	–	1954

Location

Table 2: field-level location details for Shedgum Oil and Gas Field

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Saudi Arabia	25.6768, 49.3974 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Ghawar complex:

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