Reviewed August 2026 against Saudi Aramco disclosures, Gulf News energy reporting, and Xinhua’s coverage of Aramco production data.

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The Jafurah gas field sits onshore in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, southeast of the Ghawar oil field, between Al-Ahsa and Haradh — it is not the same field as Shah, which is a separate gas field located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Saudi Aramco has committed roughly $100 billion in lifecycle investment to Jafurah between 2021 and 2035, and the company reported 6% year-on-year growth in Saudi Arabia’s gas production in H1 2025. This article covers Jafurah’s location, reserves, and sector impact, and separately explains where Shah fits in — because search traffic for both fields frequently overlaps despite them being in different countries.

Jafurah Gas Field Map, Location & Reserves

Jafurah is an onshore, unconventional (shale-type) gas field in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. It extends southeast from the Ghawar oil field, spanning an area between the towns of Al-Ahsa and Haradh. Saudi Aramco has described it as the largest non-associated gas field in the Middle East, meaning it produces gas without being tied to oil extraction — a distinction that matters because non-associated fields can be developed and scaled independently of crude output decisions.

Saudi Aramco’s disclosed lifecycle investment plan for Jafurah runs to roughly $100 billion between 2021 and 2035, a 15-year development horizon, according to Gulf News’s energy desk reporting on the plan (Gulf News). Separately, in 2025 Aramco signed an $11 billion midstream lease-and-leaseback deal covering Jafurah gas-handling infrastructure with a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners — a structure where Aramco leases out midstream assets and leases them back, freeing capital while retaining operational control.

For the field’s official boundary map and current reserve classification, the primary source is Saudi Aramco itself — reserve figures are only meaningfully updated when third-party auditors complete a review or when Aramco announces a new development phase. As of this review, the most recent public reserve figures date to February 2024; no 2025 or 2026 audited update has been published. Aramco’s press-media channel is where any revision would surface first.

Shah Gas Field: Why It Shows Up in Jafurah Searches

The Shah gas field is located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — not Saudi Arabia. It holds proven reserves of approximately 17 trillion cubic feet, per Wood Mackenzie data compiled in the field’s public record, and has been in production since 2014 with a processing capacity of roughly 1 billion cubic feet per day, according to project documentation from Saipem, the engineering contractor involved in the plant’s construction (Saipem).

Shah is notable in the industry for a specific reason: it is a sour gas field, meaning its raw gas stream contains a high concentration of hydrogen sulfide, which requires specialized (and costlier) processing infrastructure compared to sweet gas fields. That processing complexity is part of why Shah is discussed separately from most Gulf gas developments, including Jafurah, which does not carry the same sour-gas profile.

If your search intent was specifically about Shah’s location, coordinates, or plant layout, the field lies inland in Abu Dhabi emirate; Wood Mackenzie and the field’s own engineering documentation (via Saipem) are the two most citable public sources on it. Beyond the reserve and capacity figures above, granular capex, opex, and revenue breakdowns for Shah are not published in English-language public sources as of this review — that is a genuine gap, not an oversight, so treat any third-party figure claiming otherwise with caution unless it links to Wood Mackenzie or ADNOC directly.

Saudi Arabia Oil & Gas Field Maps: Where to Find Them

Beyond Jafurah specifically, readers looking for a broader Saudi Arabia oil field map or Saudi oil field map are usually trying to place Jafurah relative to Ghawar (the world’s largest conventional oil field, immediately northwest of Jafurah), the Eastern Province coastline, and the Rub’ al Khali basin to the south. Saudi Aramco does not publish a single continuously updated interactive public map covering all fields with reserve labels; the closest official resource is Aramco’s own media and investor pages, which release field maps alongside major announcements rather than on a fixed schedule.

For production-side context rather than field boundaries, the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s country briefs are the most citable third-party source for Saudi Arabia’s aggregate oil and gas output, updated annually each October with the prior year’s audited data — the most recent brief at the time of this review is the October 2024 edition. That is a national aggregate, not a field-by-field map, so it complements rather than replaces Aramco’s own field-level disclosures.

For an operational sense of the region, our own coverage of satellite based mineral detection touches on how remote sensing is used to characterize terrain and resource zones in this same Eastern Province corridor, though our focus there is minerals rather than hydrocarbons.

Energy Sector: Jafurah’s Role in Saudi Arabia’s Gas Mix

Saudi Arabia’s broader strategy is to shift power generation and industrial feedstock toward natural gas and away from burning crude oil and fuel oil domestically — freeing more crude for export. Aramco reported that Saudi Arabia’s gas production grew 6% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, according to Xinhua’s coverage of the company’s disclosures (Xinhua). Jafurah is the largest single contributor to that growth trajectory among Aramco’s unconventional gas assets.

• ⚙️ Industrial power: Gas-fired electricity is the primary energy source for large-scale ore processing, smelting, cement, and chemical plants in the Eastern Province.
• 🔄 Capital structure: The 2025 $11 billion midstream lease-and-leaseback deal with the Global Infrastructure Partners-led consortium lets Aramco monetize existing gas-handling infrastructure while continuing to operate it.
• 🌎 Displacement effect: Every unit of domestic crude no longer burned for power generation is a unit freed for export or petrochemical feedstock.
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To track whether this growth trajectory continues, Aramco’s investor relations page (aramco.com/en/investors) publishes quarterly production reports, typically within 30 days of each quarter’s close — that is the most current source available, well ahead of any annual third-party summary.

Agricultural and Fertilizer Impact

Natural gas is the primary feedstock for ammonia and urea synthesis, which are the two dominant nitrogen fertilizers used across Middle East agriculture. A stable, domestically produced gas supply from a field like Jafurah reduces exposure to the kind of price shocks seen in international ammonia and urea markets during supply disruptions. For readers in the United States, United Kingdom, and Gulf region tracking their own fertilizer costs, the most current and directly comparable published price series comes from national statistical agencies — in the US, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) publishes fertilizer price data; in the UK, Defra publishes farm input price indices.

We do not have a citable, dated figure in our current research for the specific dollar or pound cost of ammonia or urea tied directly to Jafurah’s gas output — Aramco has not published a feedstock-to-fertilizer-price pass-through figure in the sources reviewed here. Rather than invent one, the honest path is this: readers who need a current, defensible fertilizer input cost should pull the latest quarterly release from USDA NASS (for US farms) or Defra’s farm input price statistics (for UK farms), both of which are updated on fixed public schedules and will always be more current than a number printed in this article.

What is verifiable is the investment scale behind the gas supply itself: the $100 billion Jafurah lifecycle plan and the $11 billion 2025 midstream deal (both cited above) are the two hardest figures available on how much capital is going into securing that feedstock base long-term.

Mining and Minerals: Energy as the Backbone

Mineral processing — comminution, separation, smelting, refining — is energy-intensive, and gas-fired electricity priced off a large domestic field like Jafurah is generally cheaper and more stable than electricity generated from imported fuel oil. This is relevant to Saudi Arabia’s push into strategic minerals and rare earth elements as part of its non-oil GDP diversification. We do not have a citable, field-specific figure quantifying exactly how much Jafurah’s gas has lowered mining-sector electricity costs — no source in our brief covers that pass-through directly — so we’re stating the mechanism (cheaper gas-fired power inputs to mineral processing) without attaching an invented percentage to it.

Where this connects to our own work: for organizations evaluating mineral-rich terrain in this region or elsewhere, our satellite based mineral detection platform uses multi- and hyperspectral imagery to identify mineralization zones remotely, ahead of any on-ground drilling commitment.

A Note on “Field Navigator for Android”

Some readers reach this page searching for a “field navigator” app for Android. We looked for a citable, official source tying a specific app of that name to Jafurah, Saudi Arabia’s energy sector, or agricultural field navigation, and found none — app-store listings exist under similar names, but they carry no verifiable publisher data, production metrics, or documentation confirming what the app does or who built it. Rather than guess, the accurate answer is: we cannot verify this app’s identity or purpose from public sources, and readers should check the publisher name and permissions directly in the Google Play listing before installing anything under this name.

Reserves and Investment: Comparative Data

The table below consolidates every dated, sourced figure used in this article for quick reference.

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FAQs

1. Is Shah gas field part of Saudi Arabia’s Jafurah project?
   No. Shah is a separate field located in Abu Dhabi, UAE, unrelated to Jafurah’s ownership, geology, or operator. It holds approximately 17 trillion cubic feet of proven reserves and roughly 1 billion cubic feet/day of production capacity, per Wood Mackenzie and Saipem project data.
2. Where exactly is the Jafurah gas field located?
   Onshore in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, southeast of the Ghawar oil field, between Al-Ahsa and Haradh.
3. How much is Saudi Aramco investing in Jafurah?
   Approximately $100 billion in lifecycle investment across 2021–2035, per Gulf News’s reporting on Aramco’s disclosed plan, plus a separate $11 billion 2025 midstream lease-and-leaseback deal with a Global Infrastructure Partners-led consortium.
4. What is the latest reserve estimate for Jafurah?
   The most recent public estimate available as of this review dates to February 2024; no audited 2025 or 2026 update has been published. Check aramco.com/en/news-media for any newer disclosure.
5. How fast is Saudi Arabia’s gas production growing?
   Aramco reported 6% year-on-year growth in H1 2025, per Xinhua’s coverage of the company’s figures. For subsequent periods, Aramco’s quarterly investor reports (aramco.com/en/investors) are released within roughly 30 days of each quarter-end.
6. Is there an official “Field Navigator” app for Saudi oil and gas fields?
   We found no verifiable, officially documented app by that name tied to Saudi energy fields. Listings exist in app stores but carry no confirmed publisher or usage data — verify the publisher directly before installing.
7. Can satellite-based mineral detection help identify resources near Jafurah’s infrastructure corridor?
   Yes — platforms like Farmonaut’s detection suite allow remote, low-impact exploration ahead of drilling commitments.
8. How can I get a custom mineral site analysis?
   Submit coordinates through our dedicated mining analysis portal or reach out via Contact Us or the mining query form.

Summary & How to Keep This Current

Jafurah and Shah are the two fields anchoring this article, and the single most important fact to retain is that they are not the same project: Jafurah is Saudi Aramco’s onshore Eastern Province gas development, backed by roughly $100 billion in lifecycle investment through 2035 and an $11 billion 2025 midstream deal; Shah is ADNOC-affiliated sour gas infrastructure in Abu Dhabi, UAE, holding about 17 trillion cubic feet of reserves and roughly 1 billion cubic feet/day of capacity since 2014.

To keep any analysis built on this article current: check Aramco’s investor relations page for quarterly Jafurah production updates (within 30 days of quarter-end), check Aramco’s press-media page for reserve or development-phase announcements, and check the EIA’s country brief (updated each October) for Saudi Arabia’s national gas production context. For UK-based fertilizer cost tracking, Defra’s input price statistics are the equivalent standing reference; for US-based tracking, USDA NASS.

For satellite-based mineral intelligence, 3D prospectivity mapping, or custom site analysis, reach out via Contact Us or submit your site for analysis.

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