King Salman Energy Park

King Salman Energy Park (SPARK)
Trade name	SPARK
Founded	5 December 2018; 5 years ago (5 December 2018)
Headquarters	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Services	Industrial, exploration, production, refining, petrochemicals, conventional power, water production and treatment services
Owner	Saudi Aramco and Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones
Website	http://www.spark.sa

King Salman Energy Park (known as SPARK) 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.^[1]

SPARK regions

By the completion of the first phase in 2021, SPARK will be divided into five main regions.^[2][3][4]

• 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.
• Business district : this includes Saudi Aramco's Drilling and Workover Headquarters
• Training centers : this region contains industrial training institutes and centers
• Residential compounds and commercial activities : this region consists of compounds, hotels, schools, health centers entertainment center