Thursday 05 Dec
ADNOC Gas, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, has announced plans to significantly enhance its gas processing capabilities. The company aims to increase its daily processing capacity by more than 1.8 billion standard cubic feet, although a final investment decision on this project is not expected until 2026.
In a statement released on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange on Wednesday, the company revealed that it has awarded an engineering design contract to Worley for the processing facilities in the Bab Field gas cap project. This project is anticipated to boost the company's gas processing capacity by 20%.
ADNOC Gas explained that the new
facilities, which will be supplied with hydrocarbons from the developed Bab
Field, will include carbon capture units and new pipelines to transport
liquefied sulfur to the Habshan sulfur granulation plant.
The company will make a final
investment decision on the facilities in 2026. The expected increase in
processing capacity to over 1.8 billion standard cubic feet per day is
projected to contribute to the UAE's efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in
natural gas. The statement did not disclose the value of the contract.
Located southwest of Abu Dhabi, the Bab Field, which ADNOC invested AED 1.8 billion (USD 489 million) in developing in 2019, is one of the largest onshore assets producing Murban crude oil. ADNOC stated that it is simultaneously producing oil and gas from the field with a potential capacity of 1.5 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day and 80 million barrels of condensate per day.
