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Safaniya field

Safaniya field (السفانية) is an offshore oil field in the Arabian Gulf off Saudi Arabia, discovered in 1951 and regarded as the world's largest offshore oil field.

Safeguard Mechanism (Australia)

The Safeguard Mechanism is Australia's carbon policy for its largest industrial facilities, requiring emissions to fall below declining baselines; reformed in 2023, it covers over 200 facilities.

Safety case (nuclear)

A nuclear safety case is the integrated set of arguments and evidence substantiating the safety of a radioactive waste disposal facility, defined by the NEA and IAEA.

Safety culture (nuclear)

Safety culture in the nuclear industry is the shared commitment by leaders and individuals to put safety over competing goals, coined by the IAEA after Chernobyl in 1986.

Safi power station

The Safi power station is a 1,386 MW coal-fired plant near Safi on Morocco's Atlantic coast, the first ultra-supercritical coal plant in Africa, opened in 2018.

Saft

Saft is a French battery manufacturer founded in 1918 and wholly owned by TotalEnergies since 2016, making nickel-based, lithium-ion, and primary lithium batteries for industry, aerospace, and energy storage.

Safwan field

Safwan field (حقل سفوان) is an onshore oil field in Basra province, southern Iraq, producing since 1989, the southeasternmost dome of the Zubair field that continues into Kuwait as the Abdali field.

Sag (power line)

Sag is the vertical drop of an overhead power line conductor between its two supports, deliberately built in to relieve tension but kept small enough to preserve ground and vegetation clearances.

Sagardighi Thermal Power Station

Sagardighi Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired power station at Sagardighi in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, operated by the WBPDCL and expanded to 2,260 MW.

Sago Mine disaster

The Sago Mine disaster was a January 2, 2006 coal mine explosion near Tallmansville, West Virginia, that killed 12 of 29 trapped miners; Randal McCloy Jr. was the sole survivor.

Sagunto LNG Terminal

The Sagunto LNG Terminal, operated by Saggas, is a liquefied natural gas import and regasification terminal in the port of Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, operating since 2006.

Sahiwal power station

The Sahiwal power station, also called the Sahiwal Coal Power Project, is a 1,320 MW coal-fired plant at Qadirabad in Sahiwal District, Punjab, Pakistan, opened in 2017.

Saibu Gas Holdings

Saibu Gas Holdings (西部ガスホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese holding company headquartered in Fukuoka City that oversees a city gas, energy, and real estate group serving northern Kyushu.

SAICA Mill Zaragoza power station

The SAICA Mill Zaragoza power station, also known as El Burgo, is a 200 MW industrial power station at SAICA's paper mill in El Burgo de Ebro, Spain.

SAIDI

SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index) is an electric power reliability metric giving the average customer's total sustained outage minutes per year, defined in IEEE Standard 1366.

SAIFI

SAIFI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index) counts the sustained, non-momentary power interruptions the average electric customer experiences per year, calculated as total customer interruptions divided by total customers under IEEE 1366.

Saih Nihayda-Duqm Gas Pipeline

The Saih Nihayda-Duqm Gas Pipeline (خط غاز سيح نهيدة -الدقم) is a 221 km natural gas pipeline in Oman serving the Duqm Special Economic Zone, completed in 2021.

Saih Rawl–Sur Gas Pipeline

The Saih Rawl–Sur Gas Pipeline is a 360-kilometer, 48-inch natural gas pipeline in Oman that carries feed gas from Saih Rawl to the Oman LNG plant near Sur.

Saijo power station

Saijo power station (西条発電所) is a coal-fired thermal power station in Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, owned by Shikoku Electric Power with 750 MW across two units.

Saint John LNG Terminal

Saint John LNG, known as Canaport LNG until 2021, is a liquefied natural gas terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada's only large-scale LNG import terminal.

Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant

The Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant is an EDF-run French plant on the Loire between Orléans and Blois, with two 900 MWe pressurized water reactors commissioned in 1980 and 1981.

Sajaa field

The Sajaa field is an onshore gas and condensate field in the emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, discovered in 1980 and developed as Sharjah's first gas-condensate hub.

Sajaa–Hamriya Gas Pipeline

The Sajaa–Hamriya Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Sharjah, UAE, running from the Sajaa Gas Plant to the Hamriyah Free Zone, completed in 2008.

Sakai LNG Terminal

The Sakai LNG Terminal (堺LNGセンター) is a liquefied natural gas terminal in Sakai, Osaka, Japan, operated by Kansai Electric Power and in commercial service since January 2006.

Sakai Port power station

Sakai Port power station (堺港発電所, Sakaiko hatsudensho) is a 2,000 MW LNG-fired thermal power station of Kansai Electric Power in Sakai, Osaka, opened in 1964 and rebuilt as a highly efficient combined-cycle plant by 2010.

Sakaide Biomass power station

The Sakaide Biomass power station (坂出バイオマス発電所) is a 75 MW wood-fired power plant in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, burning wood pellets to power about 170,000 households since June 2025.

Sakaide LNG Terminal

The Sakaide LNG Terminal (坂出LNG基地) is an LNG receiving and regasification terminal in Sakaide, Kagawa, Japan, opened in 2010 to fuel Shikoku Electric Power's Sakaide Power Plant.

Sakaide power station

Sakaide power station (坂出発電所) is a 1,385 MW gas- and oil-fired thermal power station in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, owned by Shikoku Electric Power Company.

Sakata Kyodo power station

Sakata Kyodo power station (酒田共同火力) is a 700 MW coal-fired power station in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan, the largest power plant in the prefecture and owned by Tohoku Electric Power.

Sakhalin Energy

Sakhalin Energy (Сахалинская Энергия) is a Russian company, founded in 1994, that operates the Sakhalin-2 project off Sakhalin Island and runs Russia's first LNG plant at Prigorodnoye.