ADNOC Gas Plc and its subsidiaries have taken a final investment decision (FID) and awarded $5 billion in engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) contracts for the first phase of its Rich Gas Development (RGD) Project in the UAE.
The aim of the contracts, awarded in three tranches, is expansion of certain gas processing units to increase throughput and improve operational efficiency across four ADNOC Gas complexes: Asab, Buhasa, Habshan (onshore), and the Das Island liquefaction plant (offshore), ADNOC Gas noted in a release June 10.
Production capacity could grow further as the company said it intends to take FID on two more phases of the RGD project at Habshan and Ruwais.
ADNOC Gas said the RGD project will enable development of new gas reservoirs aimed at increasing liquid gas exports, supporting gas self-sufficiency in the UAE, and providing feedstock to the country’s petrochemical industry.
Work scope
The first tranche, valued at $2.8 billion, has been awarded to John Wood Group PLC for the Habshan complex.
In a separate release June 10, Wood said its work scope includes delivery of upgrades and debottlenecking solutions to the existing Habshan and Habshan 5 gas processing plants and pipelines, including brownfield modifications and the installation of new infrastructure. The work is due to be completed by end-2027.
Wood previously delivered the front-end engineering design for Habshan and will deliver the EPCM phase while the complex remains remain fully operational in order to sustain gas supply, it said.
The remaining two tranches, $1.2 billion for the Das Island liquefaction plant and $1.1 billion for the Asab and Buhasa complexes, have been awarded to two consortia: Petrofac and Kent Plc, ADNOC said.
Petrofac was awarded the contract to help expand gas production infrastructure on Das Island. The complex, which lies 160 km northwest of mainland UAE, has liquefaction capacity of 6 million tonnes/year.
Petrofac will provide EPCM services and oversee procurement and construction contracts to build a new inlet facility, two new gas dehydration and compression trains, each with a capacity of 420 MMscfd, and associated infrastructure.
Petrofac also will upgrade existing infrastructure to increase the site’s capacity for collecting and transporting raw natural gas, it said.
