Background
Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company (Al Hosn Gas), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), is developing the Hail and Ghasha sour gas fields in UAE.
The Hail and Ghasha sour gas fields are located offshore in the Arabian Gulf, around 90 km and 130 km to the west of Abu Dhabi island respectively, and form part of the wider North-West area. Major work is being planned to create a number of artificial islands that will enable Al Hosn Gas to develop the sites, and, ultimately, produce and transfer gas and condensate from both fields. The gas and condensate that are extracted from the fields will help to provide the additional capacity that is needed to support the rising demand for power within the UAE. Developing the sour gas fields on Hail and Ghasha islands will help to improve quality of life by providing the people of the UAE with greater energy security.
The Hail and Ghasha fields are located in the Marawah Marine Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO protected area which is home to several important representative habitats including seagrass beds, coral reef communities, macro-algae outcrop and mangrove vegetation. The Hail and Ghasha gas development is part of ADNOC’s largest sour gas field project and directly supports the company’s strategy to unlock its developed sour gas reserves to ensure a sustainable and economic gas supply to the United Arab Emirates.
Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company (Al Hosn Gas), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), is developing the Hail and Ghasha sour gas fields in UAE.
The Hail and Ghasha sour gas fields are located offshore in the Arabian Gulf, around 90 km and 130 km to the west of Abu Dhabi island respectively, and form part of the wider North-West area. Major work is being planned to create a number of artificial islands that will enable Al Hosn Gas to develop the sites, and, ultimately, produce and transfer gas and condensate from both fields. The gas and condensate that are extracted from the fields will help to provide the additional capacity that is needed to support the rising demand for power within the UAE. Developing the sour gas fields on Hail and Ghasha islands will help to improve quality of life by providing the people of the UAE with greater energy security.
The Hail and Ghasha fields are located in the Marawah Marine Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO protected area which is home to several important representative habitats including seagrass beds, coral reef communities, macro-algae outcrop and mangrove vegetation. The Hail and Ghasha gas development is part of ADNOC’s largest sour gas field project and directly supports the company’s strategy to unlock its developed sour gas reserves to ensure a sustainable and economic gas supply to the United Arab Emirates.
Brief Introduction
The project's scope of work involves the construction of sour gas reservoirs located offshore in the Arabian Gulf, around 90 kilometres and 130 kilometres to the west of Abu Dhabi. The Hail and Ghasha project is planned to install 1 billion cubic feet a day (cf/d) additional gas capacity from sour gas reservoirs at the offshore fields.
The project includes a minimum of eleven offshore artificial islands to be designed and constructed. The Hail and Ghasha sour gas fields are part of the wider north-west area. Major work is being planned to create a number of artificial islands that will enable the operator to develop the sites, and, ultimately, produce and transfer gas and condensate from both fields. The gas and condensate that’s extracted from the fields will help address the rising demand for power within United Arab Emirates.
The project includes following Packages:
Package 1: Offshore infrastructure and early offshore works.
Package 2: Offshore drill centres, subsea pipelines, platforms for compression facilities.
EPC Packages includes:
Package 1: Ghasha offshore processing plant (GOP) and central living quarters.
Package 2: Manayif utilities and offsites, pipelines and tie-ins, main control building, early works and non-process buildings (onshore).
Package 3: Manayif process plant (onshore).
Company behavior
January 18, 2018: Geo-intelligence and asset integrity solutions provider for large constructions, infrastructure and natural resources -Fugro, has commenced a programme of geophysical and geotechnical surveys for Artelia, Abu Dhabi as part of the Hail and Ghasha development project. Fugro’s ability to provide turnkey survey solutions was a key factor in the award of the contract following a highly competitive bidding process. In order to meet the fast track schedule Fugro mobilised to the Ghasha field with specialised equipment including self-elevating platforms for geotechnical work and crew accommodation. In the Hail field, an inter-tidal shoal area, it is conducting surveys with amphibious buggies while in deeper water, marine geophysical and bathymetric surveys are being performed using its state-of-the-art survey vessel, Fugro Proteus.
January 10, 2018: Adnoc has awarded front-end engineering design (Feed) contract for the Hail and Ghasha fields development project. The contract was awarded to Bechtel. The awarding of the Feed contract follows the awarding of the project management consultancy and artificial island design and survey contracts to Artelia and KBR, formerly Kellogg Brown and Root.
August 15, 2017: KBR, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract by Occidental of Abu Dhabi Ltd. on behalf of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for management of the Front End Engineering and Design Services (FEED) phase of the Dalma Gas Field Development and the Detailed Design and Surveys phase of the Hail & Ghasha sour gas fields projects. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide project management consultancy services. This work is expected to be performed over 24 months, with an option to extend another 12 months. KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors.
June 12, 2017: Global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets - Arcadis, has been appointed by Al Hosn Gas, to conduct a health, safety and environmental impact assessment (HSEIA) study, to support the development of Hail and Ghasha sour gas fields. As part of the deal, Arcadis will deliver a range of environmental consultancy services including the oversight and project management of all the environmental baseline surveys being carried out, all the reporting and co-ordination between Adnoc and the Environmental Agency in Abu Dhabi (EAD), as well as submitting the final HSEIA report on the project.