Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Ras Laffan Gas Processing Plant - Facilities at Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, Qatar
Sending Capacity: 2 billion standard cubic feet a per day (scf/day) of refined methane gas
Design Capacity: 3.2 billion scf/day of refined methane gas
Length: 364 kilometres
Water Depth: 50 metres
Dolphin Energy’s subsea Export Pipeline connects the company’s Ras Laffan Gas Processing Plant in Qatar with its Receiving Facilities at Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. This 48 inch, 364 kilometre pipeline is the largest and longest gas pipeline in the Middle East. Its maximum depth underwater is 50 metres. The route of the Export Pipeline was plotted and designed in 2003, so as to avoid seabird nesting colonies, turtle breeding grounds and major coral formations. The contract for pipeline supply was awarded to Mitsui of Japan in 2004. Over the period 2004 to 2006 more than 440,000 tons of steel were shipped to Qatar for this pipeline and the twin sealines. Individual pipe lengths were then coated, internally and externally, before they were laid offshore in a continuous assembly and submersion operation, carried out by contractor Saipem. This operation was completed in August 2006. The Export Pipeline transports 2 billion standard cubic feet a per day (scf/day) of refined methane gas from Qatar. Its design capacity is 3.2 billion scf/day. Usage of the additional 1.2 billion scf/day capacity is subject to a future agreement between Dolphin Energy and the Qatari authorities.
Operators:
Dolphin Energy: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Mitsui: Pipeline supply
Saipem: Lay offshore the pipeline system