Project Profile
Value: US$1.6 billion
Gas capacity: 500 mmcf per day
Start-up Year: mid-2020s
Sour gas has high levels of potentially deadly hydrogen sulphide, making it tougher, more dangerous and more expensive to produce than conventional gas reserves. Gasco would invest about US$25 billion in gas-processing plans and pipelines as it develops more fields to meet surging demand. The field could produce up to 500 million cubic feet a day of sour gas.
Operators:
GASCO (Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd): Operator
ADNOC Offshore: 65% interest
Wintershall: 10% interest
Eni: 25% interest
Contractors:
Bechtel (UK): FEED work
KBR: FEED contract
Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants Ltd
Mott MacDonald: Project management contract
Technip Abu Dhabi: Pre-front-end engineering and design (FEED) package on Hail sour gas field. The bulk of the work will be carried out by Genesis Oil & Gas Consultants, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Paris-based firm.
SNC-Lavalin Inc: Contract to provide project management consultancy services for an expansion aimed at increasing production
Técnicas Reunidas: Contract for the Early Production Facilities in the Hail Sour Gas Field. The contract has been awarded on a lump sum turnkey basis for an approximate value of US$310 million with an execution schedule of 20 months. The project scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning and all required services for a further commissioning and start-up. The project consists of onshore works to be developed in the islands of Mubarraz and Hail, the latter being an artificial island, and offshore works which include the installation of three subsea pipelines along with the installation of a composite cable interconnecting both islands.