Saudi Arabia on Nov. 26 inaugurated the latest in the Kingdom's series of strategic storage sites.
On behalf of HRH Crown Prince Sultan ibn Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Minister of Defense and Aviation, Inspector-General and President of the Saudi Strategic Storage Program, HRH Prince Abdulaziz ibn Majid ibn Abdulaziz, Amir of the Medina Area, attended the inauguration of the Medina Strategic Storage Project.
The Amir, joined by other officials and program employees, conducted an inspection of the underground facilities and heard an introduction by Usama As'ad Abu Khidr, manager of the Medina site.
The Medina site receives petroleum products from Yanbu' Refinery through a 162 km pipeline. The underground storage area includes storage caves for three types of refined, ready-to-use fuel: gasoline, jet fuel and diesel.
The site includes lubricating-oil storage, a power-generation area, a product pumping station, a service area with an underground control building and its facilities, and surface support services.
This integration between Saudi Aramco facilities and the previously inaugurated strategic storage sites in Riyadh, Jiddah and Abha have resulted in the ability to store the largest quantity of refined products underground.
In preparation for the project, the management of the Saudi Strategic Storage Program, in cooperation with Saudi Aramco and other agencies from outside the Kingdom, conducted research to determine the correct specifications for products stored underground in order to ensure quality for the longest time possible.
Results of those tests showed that stored products could maintain their specifications for more than five years.
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