{{Short description|Settlement in Sharjah, UAE}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Al Sajaa Industrial | native_name = الصجعة الصناعية | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = Community | image_skyline = | image_caption = | coordinates = {{Coord|25.3306|55.6435|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[United Arab Emirates]] | subdivision_type1 = Emirate | subdivision_name1 = [[Sharjah]] | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = [[Sharjah]] | established_title = Established | established_date = 2008 | p1 = | p2 = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1.30 | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | footnotes = This project is currently under development | mapframe = yes | leader_title = [[Sheikh]] | leader_name = [[Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi]] | government_type = [[Constitutional monarchy]] | pushpin_map = UAE | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Al Sajaa in the UAE }} '''Al Sajaa''' (also known as '''Al Saja'a''') is a settlement in [[Sharjah]], [[United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates (UAE)]], located on the Sharjah/[[Dhaid]] highway and adjacent to the arterial behind [[E 611 road (United Arab Emirates)|Emirates Road]] (E611). It is the location of a major industrial area as well as the planned 14 million square feet industrial zone, Al Sajaa Industrial Oasis (ASIO).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sam.gov.ae/content/al-saja%E2%80%99-industrial-oasis|title=Al Saja'a Industrial Oasis {{!}} SAM|website=sam.gov.ae|access-date=2018-09-09|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220052510/http://sam.gov.ae/content/al-saja%E2%80%99-industrial-oasis|url-status=dead}}</ref> Developed by Sharjah Asset Management Holding (SAM), the investment arm of the government of Sharjah, the zone aims to become the largest industrial area in the UAE.
With an initial inventory of 353 development plots intended for use as industrial units,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alsajaaoasis.com/|title=Home Page {{!}} ASIO|website=www.alsajaaoasis.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-09|archive-date=2018-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228082030/http://alsajaaoasis.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the size of plots in the zone's launch offering extended from 13,454 to 53,819 square feet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sharjahupdate.com/2015/10/new-sharjah-industrial-estate-announced/|title=New Sharjah industrial estate announced {{!}} Sharjah Update|website=www.sharjahupdate.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-09}}</ref> Plots include industrial, mixed use and retail units. The zone intends to capitalise on Sajaa's location close to [[Sharjah International Airport]], the [[Al Hamriya Port|Al Hamriyah Port and Free Zone]] and the E611, which links the emirates on the west coast of the UAE.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alsajaaoasis.com/project-update|title=ABOUT ASIO {{!}} ASIO|website=www.alsajaaoasis.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-09|archive-date=2018-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111163705/http://www.alsajaaoasis.com/project-update|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Sajaa oil and gas field == Sajaa Field was discovered on Amoco's concession in Sharjah, in December 1980. It is both Sharjah's largest producing field and Sharjah's first gas-condensate development.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Blinten |first1=J. S. |last2=Wahid |first2=I. A. |date=1983-03-14 |title=A Review of Sajaa Field Development, Sharjah, UAE |url=https://onepetro.org/SPEMEOS/proceedings-abstract/83ME/83ME/SPE-11516-MS/62287 |journal=Middle East Oil Technical Conference and Exhibition |language=en |publisher=OnePetro |doi=10.2118/11516-MS|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
The Sajaa Field is a retrograde gas-condensate reservoir, part of the frontal thrust sheet of the [[Hajar Mountains]]. Structurally created in the late [[Cretaceous]], the field is in the Thamama limestone found to the east of central Sharjah. upper [[Jurassic]] carbonates have been found containing both rich gas and water, with Lower Jurassic deposits of sour gas.<ref name=":0" />
The Sajaa field supplies [[Natural-gas condensate|condensate]] gas and [[liquefied natural gas]] to both domestic and foreign markets and has a maximum output of 800,000 cubic feet of gas per day and 50,000 barrels per day of condensate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-28 |title=Sajaa Field and Gas Plant {{!}} NrgEdge |url=https://www.nrgedge.net/project/sajaa-field-and-gas-plant |access-date=2025-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628033056/https://www.nrgedge.net/project/sajaa-field-and-gas-plant |archive-date=28 June 2021 }}</ref>
The nearby Hadiba field, some 10km north east of Sajaa, was discovered in May 2024 with production starting in Summer 2025. The Hadiba-01 well is tied in to the Sajaa gas processing plant<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sharjah: New Gas Field Slated For Mid-2025 Start Up |url=https://www.mees.com/2024/10/4/news-in-brief/sharjah-new-gas-field-slated-for-mid-2025-start-up/b8ca9050-824a-11ef-a71e-6b1e74baf74f |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=MEES |language=en}}</ref> and is the fifth onshore field to be operational in the emirate of Sharjah, after the Al Sajaa, Kahif, Mahani and Muayed gas fields.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-04 |title=UAE's Sharjah announces discovery of new gas field |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2024/05/04/uae-s-sharjah-announces-discovery-of-new-gas-field |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Al Arabiya English |language=en}}</ref> The exploration, production, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of these fields is undertake by the [[Sharjah National Oil Corporation]] (SNOC).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Fareed |title=Sharjah announces discovery of new gas reserves |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/energy/2024/05/05/sharjah-announces-discovery-of-new-gas-reserves/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Sharjah}} [[Category:Suburbs of Sharjah]] [[Category:Populated places in the Emirate of Sharjah]] [[Category:Natural gas fields in the United Arab Emirates]]