Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) awarded the Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services contract related to Ghasha Ultra-sour Gas Project.
The project has been awarded to US based Oil & Gas firm, KBR.
The Ghasha gas project is located on the north-western shore of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Ghasha Ultra-sour Gas Project, has a validity of 40 years and comprises three gas and condensate fields: Hail, Ghasha and Dalma. The region also holds the oil, gas and condensate fields Nasr, SARB and Mubarraz.
Ghasha Concession is the joint venture of ADNOC (60% stake in the concession), Eni (25% stake in the concession), Wintershall (10% stake in the concession) and OMV (5% stake in the concession).
Under the terms of the contract, KBR will act as the main PMC contractor responsible for managing the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors related to the following projects:
- Packages A & B of the Dalma Gas Development Project
- Packages 1-5 of the Hail & Ghasha Development Project
- Hail & Ghasha Islands Project as well as the Deep Gas Project
The contract period is four years, with an option to extend further two years.
ADNOC earlier awarded the projects to Bechtel (front-end engineering and design, FEED of the Hail and Ghasha fields), National Marine Dredging Company (value $1.36 billion, to provide dredging, land reclamation and marine construction services).
KBR (project management services as part of the FEED activities) under a contract awarded by OMV Offshore. Artelia is carrying out detailed engineering work for the artificial islands, while Fugro is conducting geophysical and geotechnical surveys for Artelia under a sub-contract.
The Ghasha mega-project has the potential to meet about 20 percent of the UAE’s gas demand by around the second half of the decade.
In addition, more than 120,000 barrels per day of oil and high-value condensates are expected to be produced when the project is on stream.
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