CH2M Hill is working on Adnoc Bab sour gas pre-FEED

BP, ExxonMobil, Korean National Oil Company (KNOC), Shell and Total are the happy few pre-qualified international oil companies to submit offer for the $10 billion development of the Bab sour gas project in joint venture with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Postponed since 2007, the selection of Adnoc‘s partner in this project takes a special dimension as it comes a year ahead a much bigger game with the renewal of the actual allocated concessions for the onshore exploration and production of the Abu Dhabi oil and gas fields for the next 30 years.

The offshore concessions will come for renewal in the same way in 2018.

Bab is part of these sour gas fields in Abu Dhabi with Shah and Hail to contain a high percentage of hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide (CO2).

To be developed originally together with Shah, the escalation of the project costs and technical challenges convinced Adnoc to proceed step by step.

In 2008, Adnoc awarded the Shah gas development project to ConocoPhillips.

But in 2010, ConocoPhillips withdrew from the project and was replaced by Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) in 2011.

Shah gas development was already a challenging project with 27% CO2, but Bab sour gas comes now with 50%, about twice more.

In addition, Bab gas field is given to contain less valuable condensate in quantity and in quality that could help the profitability of the investment.

For this reason, Adnoc is looking for partners such as BP, ExxonMobil, Shell or Total with a proven expertise in handling such a complex project with costs well under control.

After UK and South Korea, France courts Abu Dhabi

The engineering company CH2M Hill is currently working on the pre-front end engineering and design (Pre-FEED).

At this Pre-FEED stage, Adnoc is working on two scenario of development, one based on 500 million cubic feet per day (cf/d), one to reach 1 billion cf/d of sour gas.

From the actual estimation, Bab sour gas project should also require $10 billion capital expenditure.

The selected company should form a joint venture with Adnoc where the national oil company should hold 60% stakes while leaving 40% to the winning bidder.

Anticipating on the rules to be enforced with the concessions renewals, the nominated Adnoc‘s partner will be the operator of the concession to develop the Bab sour gas project on the next 30 years supported by a production sharing agreement.

With the nearing deadline, the competition between the companies intensifies involving the Governments of the most motivated countries.

On November 5th 2012, UK Prime Minister David Cameron visited Abu Dhabi with several objectifs including to add BP on the list of the invited companies to participate to the concessions renewal and of course to be considered carefully for Bab Sour gas in respect with BP experience in challenging fields. 

Only two weeks later, on November 21st 2012, a delegation of the South Korean Government paid a visit to Abu Dhabi with the support of the national oil company KNOC to position itself on new fields to be developed and secure minimum crude oil supply.

Following this visit Adnoc announced to re-tender the $4 billion Upper Zakum EPC2 package that might have escaped to South Korean contractors at that time.

In January 15th 2013, French President François Hollande attended the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi to promote Total as the most reliable partner for the onshore concessions and provider of technology for Bab sour gas.

With 9.5% shares in Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Operations (Adco) Total benefits from a long standing experience in Abu Dhabi with additional shares in Abu Dhabi Marine Operation Company (Adma-Opco) and Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (Gasco).

So far the development of the gas fields, especially sour gas, in the UAE was not a priority but with the economical growth calling for more gas-fired power plants, gas injection to boost oil production and the development of the petrochemical sector, gas has become a critical resource in Abu Dhabi giving Gasco a leading role in the UAE.

In this context, the competition between BP, ExxonMobil, KNOC, Shell and Total should intensify on Bab sour gas until Adnoc makes the decision on first half 2013.

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Adma-Opco to select contrators for key packages

On the last weeks Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco) published the results of the commercial bids submitted by the engineering companies for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts of the main packages related to the giant Umm al-Lulu and Satah Al-Razboot (Sarb) projects.

Acting as Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) operator for the offshore oil and gas fields in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Adma-Opco is also partly owned by key stakeholders among the international oil companies (IOCs).

In Adma-Opco the interests are shared between:

 - ADNOC 60% is the operator

 - BP 14.66%

 - Total 13.33%

 - JODCO 12%

In respect with the sizes and complexity of the Umm al-Lulu and Sarb Full Field Development projects all the shareholders want to have their word in the final selection of the engineering companies to be awarded for these key packages.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and France President François Hollande visited Abu Dhabi in a row earlier this year, and Japan, through a pool of banks just decided to allocate $3 billion loan to ADNOC

Made of the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC), Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Corporate Bank, this pool is willing to support ADNOC in boosting its upstream activities onshore and offshore in the perspective of the licenses renewal planned to start in 2014.

This context shows how much ADNOCs’ partners, BP, Total and JODCO,  are willing to proceed without any delay for the full field development of Umm al-Lulu and Sarb oil and gas fields as they should contribute to an incremental 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe).

Adma-Opco awards Sarb EPC-3 to Petrofac 

As a first step, Petrofac, from UK, has been awarded the EPC contract for third package of Satah Al-Razboot (Sarb EPC-3) for $515 million.

This package covers the offshore part of the project with the connections to the central processing facility with:

 - 4 risers platforms with connecting bridges and facilities

 - 190 kilometers export pipeline to Zirku Island

 - 4 flares

This Sarb EPC-3 package will supply crude oil, raw natural gas and condensate to the fourth package of Satah Al-Razboot (Sarb EPC-4) for processing and export.

To be located onshore at the Zirku Island, the Sarb EPC-4 package is the master piece of the project as it includes all the oil and gas processing facilities to treat the oil and gas and liquids before being exported.

It also comprised the construction of the artificial islands Sarb1 and Sarb2 to support the drilling operations.

With a capacity of 100,000 boe/d, the Sarb EPC-4 package has been quoted by the engineering companies around $2 billion capital expenditure.

Actually Hyundai Engineering is given the lowest bidder at $1.88 billion.

The decision should come soon, closely followed up by the award of the second Satah Al-Razboot package (Sarb EPC-2) for the accommodation, office building and administrative facilities.

Satah Al-Razboot project counts also the package 1 (Sarb EPC-1) related to the site preparation and to be awarded around $200 million.

Regarding Umm al-Lulu the situation is also moving close to decision.

The local National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) submitted the lowest commercial offer for the first package (Umm al-Lulu EPC-1) at $800 million.

This Umm al Lulu EPC-1 package includes the upstream part of the project with six wellhead towers and the infield subsea pipeline.

Four engineering companies were in competition

 - McDermott from USA

 - National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC)

 - Petrofac from UK

 - A partnership of Fluor and Leighton

The largest package is about the Umm al-Lulu EPC-2 which covers the oil and gas processing facilities and the living quarter.

With a capacity of 100,000 boe/d of oil and gas, the Umm al-lulu EPC-2 package was estimated to $650 million, but the commercial offers returned by the five teams in competition are much higher and with significant gap between the competitors.

Saipem is the lowest bidder with $1.5 billion, followed by Samsung Engineering with $1.8 billion, Technip just above $1.8 billion and Hyundai Heavy Industries close to $2 billion while Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering (DSME) exceeds the $2 billion. 

The gap between Saipem and the following bidders rises questions that Adma-Opco and its patners BP, Total and JODCO are currently clarifying to make the final decision on Umm al-Lulu in parallel of the remaining Satah Al-Razboot (Sarb) packages. 

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Fluor completed FEED work on Al-Nasr Phase two

The Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco) is currently preparing the evaluation of the technical bids to be submitted on Q2 2013 for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages of the Al-Nasr Full Field Development project offshore Abu Dhabi.

Adma-Opco is a joint venture between the local Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the international oil companies (IOCs) that contribute to the development of the offshore oil and gas resources in the Abu Dhabi Emirates since 1950′s.

In the Adma-Opco joint venture, ADNOC and its partners share the working interests such as:

 -  ADNOC 60% is the operator

 - BP from UK 14 2/3 %

 - Total from France 13 1/3 %

 - JODCO from Japan 12%.

Through the exploration and development of giant fields such as Umm Shaif and Zakum, Adma-Opco is expected to be a major contributor to the production increase planned by Abu Dhabi.

The Al-Nasr oil and gas field lies approximately 30 kilometers northeast Umm Shaif, at the limit of UAE territorial water within the Persian – Arabic Gulf.

In order to meet its quota of 3.5 million barrel per day (b/d) in 2018 as defined jointly with the OPEC in 2011, Abu Dhabi needs to ramp-up its crude oil production by additional 800,000 b/d not including the compensation of the depleting fields.

In that 2018 perspective Adma-Opco is expected to reach 1.75 million b/d of crude oil offshore production by then.

In its business plan presented in 2011, Adma-Opco  included the Al-Nasr oil and gas field, as well as Umm al-Lulu, Satah Al-Razboot (Sarb) and Upper Zakum.

In this business plan Adma-Opco is targeting to produce additional 100,000 b/d of crude oil from Al-Nasr, in the same way as for Umm Al-Lulu and Sarb respectively.

Al-Nasr field has a structure much more complex than Umm Al-Lulu, therefore Adma-Opco decided to develop it separately.

After a pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) compledet by Technip, Adma-Opco decided to develop the Al-Nasr in two phases:

 - Phase 1 has been called Early Production Scheme as to produce 25,000 b/d to test the field

 - Phase 2 is the master piece of the project as the Full Field development in order to add at least 65,000 b/d of crude oil

In July 2011, the Al-Nasr Early Production Scheme was awarded to the Indian contractor Larsen & Toubro and is currently under execution for completion planned in 2015.

For a costs of $500 million capital expenditure, this Al-Nasr phase 1 includes to drill 33 wells and install infrastructure to support the wellheads together with the pumping units and flowlines.

In March 2012, Adma-Opco contracted AMEC from UK to provide project management consultancy services on Al-Nasr Phase-1.

In the meantime, regarding Al-Nasr Phase 2, Adma-Opco selected in October 2011 the Texas-based Fluor Corporation (Fluor) to perform the front end engineering and design (FEED) on the Al-Nasr Full Field Development.

Fluor completed its FEED work in April 2012 from its Houston, Texas, and Abu Dhabi offices.

Eight competitors for two Al-Nasr EPC packages

From this FEED, the Al-Nasr Phase 2 project is designed as a complex of 7 platforms and 210 kilometers of pipelines to support:

 - 132 wells with their corresponding wellheads

 - Crude oil pumping units

 - Oil separation facilities

 - Gas lift dehydration and compression

 - Multi-phases metering systems

 - Water treatment

 - Water disposal facilities

 - Oil and water trunkline

 - Infield subsea pipeline

 - Export pipeline to Das Island

 - Utilities platform

 - Living quarter platforms

 - Power generation facilities

 - Flare system

 - Offsites facilities

Adma-Opco estimates Al-Nasr Full Field Development to require $1 billion capital expenditure.

From the FEED conclusions, this Al-Nasr phase 2 has been prepared for the EPC contracts in two packages covering both platforms and pipelines.

Adma-Opco received expression of interests of eight bidders for these two packages of Al-Nasr Phase 2:

 - Dodsal from the UAE

 - GS Engineering and Construction from South Korea

 - Hyundai Heavy Industries from South Korea

 - Larsen & Toubro from India

 - National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) from UAE

 - PunjLloyd from India

 - SK Engineering and Construction from South Korea

 - Technip from France

Al-Nasr Full Field Development is estimated to cost $1 billion capital expenditure.

Adma-Opco is expecting to receive the technical bids at the end of Q2 2013 in order to award the EPC contracts at the end of the year or on early 2014.

Considering the actual different time frame between Umm Al-Lulu, Sarb to be awarded soon for EPC execution, Adma-Opco is planning the completion of Al-Nasr Full Field Development in 2017.

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Shell won Bab Sour Gas project on sulfur monetization

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) selected the super major company Shell to form a joint venture and develop the challenging Bab Sour Gas field in the southwest of the Emirates.

Pending since 2007, this decision comes at a critical time as it may figure out ADNOC  process of decision to renew the actual oil and gas onshore concessions in 2014 for the next 30 years.

The offshore concessions of the Emirate will come for renewal in the same way in 2018.

In this context, the choice of Shell amid BP, ExxonMobil, Korean National Oil Company (KNOC) and Total to develop and operate the Bab Sour Gas Project over the next 30 years appears as a school case for the allocation of the concessions next year by ADNOC.

In the Bab Sour Gas joint venture, the partners agreed on sharing the working interest during 30 years whereas:

 - Shell 40% is the operator

 - ADNOC 60%

Abu Dhabi is running short of gas to supply it consumption for electrical power generation and the feedstock for its petrochemical industry.

In such a context, ADNOC could not continue to postpone the development of the Bab Sour Gas project any longer despite its technical challenges.

Located 150 kilometers southwest of Abu Dhabi City, Bab is one of the largest non-associated gas in the Emirates, unfortunately it contains 15% of hydrogen sulfide.

Considering that ADNOC is planning to produce between 500 and 1 billion cubic feet per day (mmcf/d), the development of the Bab Sour Gas project will generate tonnes of sulfur to be treated in one way or another.

At the final stage of the bidding process, Shell and Total were in the lead with different concepts regarding this sulfur issue.

Total was proposing to re-inject the extracted sulfur into the reservoir, while Shell suggested to export and monetize it.

For this reason, ADNOC preferred Shell solution which in addition is expected to favor the natural gas recovery rate from the reservoir along the 30 years of operations. 

CH2M-Hill to complete Bad Sour Gas project pre-FEED

In the meantime, ADNOC awarded the pre-front end engineering and design (Pre-FEED) contract to the engineering company CH2M-Hill in Abu Dhabi.

Through this pre-FEED, CH2M-Hill evaluates two options for the Bab Sour Gas treatment:

 - 500 million cf/d,

 - 1 billion cf/d

In respect with these scenarios, the Bad Sour Gas project should include a:

 - Gas gathering system

 - Gas central processing facility

 - Gas treatment plant

 - Sulfur recovery unit

 - Sulfur handling facilities

 - Storage facilities

 - Offsites and utilities

Regardless the development phases of the Bab Sour Gas project, the facilities should be designed to handle 1 billion cf/d of sour gas.

In this competition, Shell took advantage of it 60 years experience in Sour gas and of the overall focus of its strategy on gas fields development on the last 10 years.

Having submitted to the most attractive technical and commercial offer, Shell is planning to invest jointly to invest $10 billion capital expenditure in Bab Sour Gas.

With Shell and ADNOC to finalize their agreement, the Bad Sour gas project should come on stream in 2020.

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UAE to shunt Hormuz Strait with Fujairah Terminal

Mubadala Petroleum and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), both from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, are preparing the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase for their Emirates LNG project in Fujairah.

Established in 2002 by the State of Abu Dhabi, the Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), is the flagship of the Emirate to diversify the national economy in investing in strategic projects in the UAE and overseas.

After ADNOC and Shell signing the development of the Bab Sour Gas project, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to deploy their strategic plans to secure the supply of the UAE with natural gas.

For some years the UAE have anticipated to run short of gas because of its growing consumption for:

 - Gas injection to maintain the plateau production on maturing crude oil fields 

 - Electrical power generation

 - Water desalination

 - Petrochemical industry

 - Metal industry

Since 2007, the Dolphin Energy pipeline, currently under capacity expansion, is providing the UAE with external source of supply in natural gas coming from Qatar in the north.

Projects like Bab Sour Gas should help the local production of natural gas but have no chance to meet the domestic market consumption.

In this context, the UAE decided to build a receiving terminal for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and regasification.

In selecting Fujairah to build such Emirates LNG terminal, the UAE will increase costs as it may require additional pipelines system for the distribution across the UAE but it secures the transportation in shunting the Strait of Hormuz.

In order to adjust the supply of this natural gas to the growing needs in the UAE, the Emirates LNG project should be developed in two phases:

 - First phase should be offshore and is expected to receive the first shipments in 2015

 - Second phase should be onshore and should start operations in 2016.

In 2010, the US broker and energy transportation advisor Poten and Partners performed a feasibility study of this Fujairah LNG terminal and regasification project and confirmed the economic and strategic interest of such location and investment.

Technip completed FEED on Emirates LNG Terminal

In 2012, Mubadala and IPIC awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) to the engineering company Technip from France, together with the Fujairah Refinery project.

Based on this FEED work, the first phase of the Emirates LNG terminal and regasification project has been designed as a floating vessel to be moored offshore the Fujairah Emirate, along the northern coast.

The Emirates LNG terminal offshore installations should have a capacity of downloading and regasify 4.5 million t/y of LNG.

In April, Mubadala and IPIC released the call for tender for this first phase to the six engineering companies pre-qualified for this EPC contract:

 - Chiyoda from Japan

 - Hyundai Engineering and Construction from South Korea

 - Saipem from Italy

 - Samsung Engineering from South Korea

 - Samsung Construction and Trading from South Korea

 - Techint from Italy

These companies were due to submit their technical offers for the first phase of Fujairah LNG terminal project to Mubadala and IPIC on May 19th and the commercial bids on June 1st in order to make a final investment decision on the second half of 2013.

The second phase of the Emirates LNG project should be tendered separately as to be constructed onshore closed to the gas-fired Fujairah I and Fujairah II combined power generation and desalinization facilities.

In plugging the Emirates LNG Terminal and Regasification project to Fujairah utilities, Mubadala and IPIC secure their gas supply as well as their power and water supply to the UAE.

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Adma-Opco call for technical bid on Al-Nasr Full Field

Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco) published the deadlines for the engineering companies to submit their technical offers for the Al-Nasr Full Field Development project offshore Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

As Al-Nasr Full Field Development project, Adma-Opco intents to proceed to the second phase of the Al-Nasr project currently under completion.

After pre-qualification round on second quarter this year, Adma-Opco has invited the selected engineering companies to tender on the main packages for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts of the Al-Nasr Phase-2 project.

Since 1950s, Adma-Opco operates as a joint venture between:

 - Abu Dhabi National Company (ADNOC) with 60% as operator

 - BP 14 2/3%

 - Total 13 1/3%

 - JODCO 12%

Al-Nasr Phase-2 is part of the projects identified by Abu Dhabi to increase the crude oil production of the UAE.

In 2011, the OPEC set the targets for 2018 in order to ensure all the crude oil producing countries members of the OPEC to weight at least 40% of the global production.

In this perspective, ADNOC is planning to produce 3.5 million barrels per day (b/d) by 2018 out of which Adma-Opco is expected to contribute for half of it at 1.75 million b/d of crude oil.

Located 30 kilometers northeast of the Umm Shaif field, the Al-Nasr oil and gas field stands along the UAE territorial water of the Persian-Arabic Gulf.

When Technip completed the pre front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) of Al-Nasr, Adma-Opco decided to ramp up the production by 100,000 addition b/d of crude oil in two phases because of the complexity of the field.

Al-Nasr Phase-1 was called Early  Production Scheme and was awarded in 2011 to Larsen & Toubro with the goal to produce 25,000 b/d by 2015. 

Al-Nasr Phase-2 has been named Full Field Development as to bring additional 65,000 b/d up to speed in production in 2018.

Adma-Opco split Al-Nasr-2 in two main EPC packages

Because of the size of the project with 7 platforms and 210 kilometers pipelines, Al-Nasr Full Field Development has been divided in two main EPC packages.

The package-1 is concentrating all the pipelines and related facilities:

 - Oil and water trunkline

 - Infield subsea pipeline

 - Export pipelines to Das Island

With an estimated value of $500 capital expenditure, Al-Nasr Phase-2 Package-1 is attracting competition from:

 - McDermott from USA

 - NPCC from Abu Dhabi

 - Petrofac from UK

 - Saipem from Italy

 - Samsung Engineering from South Korea

These bidders must return their technical offers for the Package-1 by December 17th 2013.

Al-Nasr Package-2 concentrates production facilities  

The Package-2 refers to the production and processing units with:

 - Wellhead platforms

 - Crude oil pumping units

 - Oil separation units

 - Gas lift dehydration and compression

 - Multiphases metering systems

 - Flaring system

 - Water treatment unit

 - Power generation facilities

 - Utilities and offsites platform

 - Living quarter platform

To cost around $1 billion capital expenditure, Al-Nasr Phase-2 Package-1 should see technical offers before December 24th 2013 from:

 - Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) from South Korea

 - Fluor and McDermott from USA

 - Hyundai Engineering and Construction from South Korea

 - Saipem from Italy

 - Samsung Engineering from South Korea

After the submission of technical bids, Adma-Opco  and AMEC will released the call for commercial tender on the two main packages of the Al-Nasr Full Field Development project on first half 2014.

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IPIC qualified bidders for Fujairah Refinery Phase-1

The Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is preparing the call for tender for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of the Fujairah Refinery Phase-1 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Established in 1984 by Abu Dhabi Government , IPIC has the mission to support energy projects outside of the Abu Dhabi Emirate.

The goal is to provide the Abu Dhabi Emirate with reliable accesses to market abroad and with profitable return on capital invested.

In that respect IPIC is focusing on upstream, midstream and downstream projects that can generate synergies with Abu Dhabi Energy sector.

With the Fujairah Refinery, Abu Dhabi will get direct access to the Gulf of Oman, shunting the critical Strait of Hormuz.

With the Fujairah Refinery project, Abu Dhabi will meet a double target, to secure its export of crude oil as well as increasing the added value of its export is selling high added value hydrocarbons instead of crude oil.

In addition Fujairah will generate about 400 permanent jobs for UAE Nationals.

For these  reasons Abu Dhabi Government selected, through IPIC, Fujairah to build this large refinery and petrochemical complex.

Fujairah occupies a strategic position with its access to the Oman Gulf and because it benefits from the crude oil supply through the crude pipeline supplying the UAE Main Oil Terminal.

Technip completed Fujairah Refinery project FEED

The contracts for the project management consultancy (PMC) and front end engineering and design (FEED) of the Fujairah Refinery had been awarded to Stone and Webster in 2011, belonging to the Shaw Group at that time.

Since then Stone and Webster was acquired by Technip from France while the rest of Shaw Group activities were taken over by CB&I from USA.

In 2012, Stone and Webster- Technip completed the FEED work for the Fujairah Refinery.

From the FEED work the Fujairah Refinery should have a capacity of:

 - 200,000 barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil

 - 1.2 million tonnes per year (t/y) of polypropylene 

In addition and because of the geographical situation and power needs of the Fujairah Emirates, the Fujairah Refinery project will also include a power plant.

This power plant will supply the Fujairah Refinery and Petrochemical complex as well as the local electrical power grid.

Requiring $3.5 billion capital expenditure, IPIC is planning to implement the Fujairah Refinery project in two phases:

 - Phase-1 : Refinery and Power plant

 - Phase-2: Petrochemical complex

 Then IPIC and Stone and Webster - Technip have decided to organize the call for tender of the Fujairah Refinery in two packages:

 - EPC-1 will include the process units

 - EPC-2 will cover the infrastructures, offsites and utilities.

Six engineering companies have been qualified by IPIC for EPC contract of the Fujairah Refinery Phase-1.

They should submit the technical offer at the end of 2013 with the commercial offer to follow in first quarter 2014.

In targeting a final investment decision (FID) on second half 2014, IPIC is planning the first production of the Fujairah Refinery in 2017.

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ADCO evaluate offers for NEB-3 Onshore EPC contract

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Operations (ADCO) is currently evaluating the offers for the third phase of the North East Bab (NEB-3) project onshore Abu Dhabi.

As the other projects Upper Zakum, Umm Al-Lulu or Al-Nasr, NEB-3 is part of the giant upstream projects in Abu Dhabi to help the UAE to meet their targeted quotas of production in 2018.

In line with the other producing countries sitting at the OPEC, the goal is for each member to increase its production of crude oil so that the OPEC countries together can sustain their 40% market share globally.

In that perspective, Abu Dhabi is expected to reach 3.5 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2018.

Considering that the crude oil production increase must begin with compensating the natural decline of the maturing fields, such a goal represents a major effort for the producing countries.

All the companies of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) are involved in this program where ADCO is expected to contribute in ramping up its current production of 1.4 million b/d to 1.8 million b/d by 2018.

Within ADCO assets portfolio,  the third phase of North East Bab is expected to bring 110,000 b/d additional output.

Located less than 50 kilometers southwest of Abu Dhabi City, NEB lies along the shore line with onshore and offshore oil and gas fields.

Onshore, NEB includes the Rumaitha and Shanayel oil fields.

Offshore, NEB relies on the Al-Dabbiya oil field.

In between these fields, the coast line area is considered by Abu Dhabi Authorities are environmental sensitive,.

ADCO to phase up Onshore – Offshore NEB-3 project

Since the development of the onshore part and offshore portion of NEB-3 had to be split anyway, ADCO decided to phase up the project and the organize the call for tender separately for the onshore and offshore packages of the NEB-3 project.

For the development of Al-Dabbiya as part of NEB-3 Offshore project, ADCO is still evaluating offers for the front end engineering and design (FEED) work, while Technip completed the FEED for the Rumaitah and Shanayel onshore fields development project.

In the meantime ADCO awarded the project management consultancy (PMC) contract to Mott MacDonald in 2012.

From the 13 companies qualified by ADCO for Onshore NEB-3 engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, 10 submitted a technical and commercial offer.

ADCO is currently evaluating these offers in order to make a decision at the end of 2013 or early 2014.

If ADCO is still willing to reach its production goal by 2018, it will have to move the NEB-3 project into the execution phase without any delay.

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Oman Oil and IPIC to award Duqm Refinery FEED soon

The national Oman Oil Company (Oman Oil or OOC) and the Abu Dhabi sovereign founds International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) are reaching the final evaluation stage of the commercial and technical bids submitted by international engineering companies to carry out the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the Duqm Refinery project in the center region of Oman.

In June 2012 Oman Oil and IPIC formed a 50/50 joint venture called Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company (DRPIC) to support one of the largest project in the Sultanate of Oman.

In a context of unrest in some North Africa and Middle-East countries, Oman is keen to ensure a sustainable economical development across all the country and especially in the regions with the less industries.

Located in the Al-Wusta Governorate on the west coast of the Sultanate along the Gulf of Oman, Duqm is so far living from a local fishing activity.

In selecting this small city to build a $6 billion capital expenditure refinery and petrochemical complex, Oman expects to balance its development between the north and the south in taking benefit on the lengthy treat on the Strait of Hormuz to export crude oil from the Gulf countries.

The Duqm Refinery project starts with accommodating a special economical zone (SEZ).

The refinery should have a capacity of 230,000 barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil.

This crude oil should be imported from the neighboring countries.

Only five bidders for Duqm Refinery FEED contract

The purpose is to produce refined products for the domestic market or export and to provide naphtha as feedstock for the petrochemical complex, to be added in a second phase.

Because of its intense trading activities to import crude oil and export refined products or even petrochemical products in the future, the Duqm refinery will be equipped with storage capacities among the largest in the world.

In 2012, OOC and IPIC had awarded the project management consultancy (PMC) contract to Stone & Webster acquired since by Technip in France.

With the support of the PMC, Oman Oil and IPIC qualified eight engineering companies to be invited to bid (ITB) for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the Duqm Refinery.

Out of these eight companies, five returned a tender.

The technical bids were submitted on the first half on the year while the commercial bids were following in August.

Since then this FEED contract for the Duqm Refinery should have been awarded, but the compatibility of these technical offers with the potential licenses to be selected in parallel is taking more time than expected. 

With this FEED contract to be sanctioned on early 2014 to one of the bidders, Oman Oil and IPIC must admit that the Duqm Refinery project should start commercial operations in 2018 at the earliest instead of 2017 as previously planned. 

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BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, Total in concessions race

In 2013, the historical international oil companies (IOCs) BP from UK, ExxonMobil from USA, Statoil from Norway, Partex from Portugal and Total from France have been racing  to at least preserve and hopefully extend in 2014 their respective concessions rights in the onshore fields of Abu Dhabi shared in joint venture with the national Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the United Arabe Emirates (UAE).

Abu Dhabi is by far the oil and gas richest Emirate within the seven emirates community of the UAE.

With proven reserves of 98 billion barrels of crude oil and 214 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas, the UAE stand in the fifth position for the oil and forth position for the gas in the Middle East by proven reserves.

The quality of these reserves and the stability of the country, the second largest economy in the region, put its concession under the spot lights for all the oil and gas companies.

These 75 years onshore concessions will end up in January 2014, so that ADNOC is currently evaluating the bids submitted by the invited companies to take over the new concessions.

The new concessions will take affect on January 2015.

The bidders had the options to call for 5% or 10% share while ADNOC should retain at least 60%.

Most of the future developments will be related to mature fields or high sulfur content gas and unconventional oil and gas reserves. 

Therefore the expertise and technology will count on ADNOC decision, beyond the financial and political aspects.

So new companies such as Statoil or Wintershall should take their stake of the cake beside the re-elected majors among which, BP, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total should stand up again.

ADCO evaluate offers for NEB-3 Onshore EPC contract

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Operations (ADCO) is currently evaluating the offers for the third phase of the North East Bab (NEB-3) project onshore Abu Dhabi.

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 IPIC qualified bidders for Fujairah Refinery Phase-1

The Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is preparing the call for tender for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractof the Fujairah Refinery Phase-1 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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ADCO to invest $1 billion in Shahil, Qusahwira, Mender

Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) is activating the South East Full Field Development (FFD) project related to Asab Sahil, Qusahwira and Mender crude oil fields in the southeast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Dana reached agreement with Sharjah Emirate on Zora

The Sharjah-based private company Dana Gas (Dana) managed to reach an agreement with the authorities of the Sharjah and Ajman Emirates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding the offshore development of the Zora gas  field in the Sharjah Western Offshore concession.

In 2008, Dana was awarded by Sharjah Emirate a 25 years concession agreement to complete the exploration and develop a block of 1,000 square kilometers offshore the west coast of the Emirate.

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Emirates LNG to replace FSRU by land-based terminal

The Abu Dhabi-based companies Mubadala Petroleum (Mubadala) and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) have decided to stop the just starting first phase of the Emirates LNG project in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to rethink the whole concept of this liquefied natural gas (LNG) import and regasification terminal.

Originally designed by the French engineering company Technip, the Emirates LNG project was intended to be developed in two phase:

 - Phase-1: Floating storage and regasfication unit (FSRU)

 - Phase-2: Landed-base regasification and storage terminal

In July 2013, Mubadala and IPIC had awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Emirates LNG Phase-1 to the US-based company Excelerate Energy (Excelerate).

To deliver the FSRU corresponding to this first phase, Excelerate had planned to allocate one of the eight units currently in construction at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea.

According to these FSRU units work in progress, Excelerate should have been able to deliver the Emirates LNG vessel mid 2015.

In the Emirates LNG consortium, Mubadala and IPIC share 50/50 the working interests whereas Mubadala is the Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth and IPIC and Abu Dhabi state-owned company.

This concentration of interests coming from Abu Dhabi into a Fujairah project is motivated by the reliance of the Abu Dhabi Emirates economy on the Strait of Hormuz.

With Fujairah giving direct access to the Gulf of Oman and thus to the Indian Ocean without depending from the Strait of Hormuz, Abu Dhabi secures its export of crude oil but also its import of natural gas.

Mubadala and IPIC to retender Emirates LNG in 2014

Abu Dhabi is importing gas from Qatar and needs alternative source of supply to feed its power generation and water desalination facilities and continue to boost its oil production and petrochemical sector.

Because of the increasing threat on the Strait of Hormuz through the tension with Iran, Abu Dhabi had decided to develop its Emirates LNG project on fast track.

Despite all the additional capital expenditure, Mubadala and IPIC in charge of the project decided to phase it with this FSRU option that could guaranty to be in operations in 2015.

Then Mubadala and IPIC had more time to build the second phase in concrete buildings in an adjacent site of the Fujairah combined power generation and water desalination facilities.

The FSRU and land-based terminal were designed with total capacity of 1.2 million cubic feet per day (cf/d) of gas or 9 million tonnes per year (t/y) of LNG.

In the recent context where the USA resume discussions with Iran in the perspective of relaxing tensions in the Gulf, Abu Dhabi may have considered that the degree of urgency that has led to design and build the Emirates LNG project in two phases including the FSRU was not longer so relevant.

Therefore, Mubadala and IPIC are now working to design and build this Emirates LNG project in Fujairah in a single phase, all grounded.

In that perspective, Mubadala and IPIC will invite all the engineering companies in competition for the Fujairah Emirates LNG phase-2 to retender for the whole project in 2014.

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Indorama takes seat in Tacaamol Al-Gharbia Complex

The Thai chemical company Indorama Ventures (Indorama) and the local Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Corporation (ChemaWEyaat) signed an agreement to establish the joint venture Abu Dhabi Chemicals Integration Company (Tacaamol) to design and build the first phase of the Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al Gharbia (MCAG) project in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, along the boarder of Saudi Arabia. 

For some years, the Emirates of Abu Dhabi is working to balance its upstream activities with the added value generated by the downstream sector in expanding its petrochemicals capacities.

In 2008, Abu Dhabi Emir established ChemaWEyaat as a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the Abu Dhabi Investment Council and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) in order to channelize the best resources from the upstream side toward the petrochemical sector.

At that time Abu Dhabi was targeting to invest up to $25 billion capital expenditure in the giant Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al-Gharbia Master Planning project.

As Tacaamol means integration, Abu Dhabi has conceived the Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al-Gharbia Master Planning project as an integrated petrochemical complex similar to Sadara in Saudi Arabia.

If integration favors the process optimization and related costs, it also adds complexity in the design and construction pushing forward the expected date of first production.

So ADNOC and IPIC decided to split the Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al-Gharbia Master Planning project in three phases.

As a first phase, the Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al-Gharbia (MCAG) project should require $10 billion capital expenditure.

This first phase MCAG will itself be also phased up in a manageable way and in respect with the different partnerships required by ChemaWEyaat to licence the best processes with international chemical companies.

In that respect the agreement signed between Indorama and ChemaWEyaat to create the joint venture Tacaamol is providing the first stone to the MCAG project.

Foster Wheeler won PMC for Tacaamol Aromatics

In this Tacaamol joint venture, ChemaWEyaat and Indorama will share the working interests such as:

 - ChemaWEyaat 51% is the operator

 - Indorama 49%

For this first phase of the MCAG project, ChemaWEyaat and Indorama intends to build through their Tacaamol joint venture an aromatics plant including:

 - 1.4 million tonnes per year (t/y of paraxylene (PX)

 -  500,000 t/y of benzene.

 - Petrochemicals tank farm

 - Export jetty

In 2012, ChemaWEyaat had selected Foster Wheeler to provide the project management consultancy (PMC) services for the MCAG project.

In September 2013, ChemaWEyaat had mandated CH2M Hill to carry out the front end engineering and design (FEED) work of the Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al-Gharbia project.

With Indorama joint venture, ChemaWEyaat is partnering with a polyester global leader producing PET and PTA all over the world.

ChemaWEyaat and Indorama are planning to invest $1 billion capital expenditure in this Tacaamol Aromatics project as a first phase of the Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al-Gharbia (MCAG) project to come on stream in 2020.

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UAE to lead bio-fuel technologies in the Gulf countries

Petrixo Oil & Gas (Petrixo) from Dubai and a consortium made of Etihad Airways (Etihad), Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology from Abu Dhabi multiply initiatives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to take the lead of the bio-fuel technologies in the Middle-East region.

In January 2014, Etihad, Takreer and Masdar supported by the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the French Total major companies, performed a 45 minutes flight with a Boeing 777 powered by local bio-jet fuel.

The purpose of this exercise was to highlight the local capability of the key players along the whole supply chain to grow raw materials and refine them in the UAE in order to meet the qualifications required for aviation jet fuel.

The bio-oil was produced from a selection of salt-tolerant plants that can grow up in the UAE.

Then Total and Takreer worked together to refine this locally produced bio-oil in Takreer refinery.

This initiative is part of Masdar-led  Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium innovation program.

Through this program, Masdar, Boeing, Etihad, Takreer and Total are researching the most prolific plants and optimized bio-technologies to grow them up in the Middle-East environment to produce aviation quality bio-fuel.

For the local Authorities in the UAE, the goal is run all their fleets with bio-fuel in reducing by 50% the carbon dioxide emission along the whole cycle compared with conventional fossil fuel.

In long term, Abu Dhabi is preparing the transition of its economy for the after fossil fuel era.

Petrixo to invest $800 million in Fujairah bio-fuel refinery

In Dubai where the oil and gas resources are limited, the opportunity to develop bio-fuel technologies is a short term target with immediate benefits.

In this perspective Petrixo project to build the first bio-fuel dedicated refinery in the Middle-East is a major step forward.

Using canola, corn, soybean and sunflower as raw materials Petrixo is planning to build a refinery with a capacity of 20,000 barrels per day (b/d), equivalent to 1 million tonnes per year (t/y), of green fuel.

Petrixo Refinery should produce a large range of bio-fuels including:

 - Bio-Diesel

 - Bio-jet fuel

 - Bio-Naphtha

 - Bio-LPG (liquid Petroleum Gas)

In order to develop its bio-fuel refinery project, Petrixo selected the Free Zone and Port of Fujairah in the north of the UAE.

Requiring $800 million capital expenditure, this bio-fuel refinery should cover 640,000 square meters in Fujairah.

In the meantime that UAE becomes self-sufficient in producing the raw materials as feedstock of bio-fuel refinery, Petrixo will have the opportunity to supply the green oil from the global market.

Petrixo completed the pre-feasibility study and selected the technologies to support engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase of the Fujairah bio-fuel refinery, the first of that kind in the Middle-East.

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Grace & Co and Al Dahra have signed a joined venture to build and operate in Abu Dhabi, UAE,  a new plant to produce Catalysts and Additives

With this new facility, Grace & Co and Al Dahra are targeting to supply some of the 16 Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) units  to come in the next five years in the Gulf.

This plant should be the first one of that kind in the region. With an estimated market to grow by $150 million for Catalysts and Additives products, Grace & Co and Al Dahra see here the great opportunity to make the Gulf self sufficient and to export in South Asia.

The completion is due in 2015.

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Abu Dhabi’s Zakum Development Company’s (ZADCO) mandate was to develop the Upper Zakum field on behalf of ADNOC and for the benefit of the shareholders: ADNOC 60%, ExxonMobil 28% through its local subsidiary ExxonMobil Abu Dhabi Offshore Petroleum Company Ltd. (EMAD), and Japan Oil Development Company Ltd. (Jodco) holding the remaining 12%. ExxonMobil, ADNOC and Jodco will jointly provide support to the operating company.

Upper Zakum, in UAE, is the largest part of a reservoir that is now classed as the second-largest field in the Gulf and the fourth-largest in the world.

The upgrading of Upper Zakum is a strategic investment for ADNOC to fulfil its long-held target to increase Abu Dhabi‘s production capacity from 2.8 million bpd to 3.5 million b/d and to maintain the emirate’s position as OPEC‘s fourth largest producer. Since 2009, ADNOC  subsidiaries have started to award contracts to raise capacity at existing developments, and to tap undeveloped fields.

The award of the first Upper Zakum project was originally due to be made at the end of last year, but was delayed because companies had to resubmit their technical bids to accommodate changing technical specifications.

ZADCO is working hard on the enormous expansion of drilling and production to achieve its goal to produce 750,000 b/d of crude oil by 2015, from the current 500,000 b/d.

The upgrade of Upper Zakum capacity will be developed in three phases. The first phase will boost production capacity by 100,000 b/d, and a further 150,000 b/d will be added in the second phase. A final phase will ensure that production can be maintained over a 25-year period

In order to achieve the huge ramp up, ZADCO is shifting from traditional offshore platform production to a network of artificial islands which are already being built. A greater production is anticipated with drilling reach will be extended from 10,000 feet to around 30,000 feet from the new islands.

According to ZADCO two pilot wells have already been successfully drilled.

Last August, one of the first UZ750 project landmarks emerged from the waves in the southern part of the Upper Zakum field. The appearance of sand above the high water level marked a milestone in the history of the company in the transition from wellhead platform tower based facilities and jack-up drilling rigs  to island based facilities and land rig based drilling.

ExxonMobil will provide his support by developing technologies that will maximize recovery from Upper Zakum reservoirs. The company plans to establish a technology center in Abu Dhabi that will supply technology in the areas of reservoir management, well management, and production operations. Additional support for training and personnel development will come from ExxonMobil’s Upstream Training and Technology Center in Houston, USA.

ExxonMobil has also agreed to help establish a research and development facility at the Petroleum Institute, the leading technical university in Abu Dhabi.

Among the bidders McDermott and Saipem, Technip in JV with National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) submitted the lowest offer at $800 million who is now in clarification process.

In the scheme of the projects based on four islands for production and drilling, one will be used for power generation to supply the other islands. This offshore electrical network, for transportation and distribution, will represent more that 10% of the project capital expenditure.

The completion is planned by the end of 2015.

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The Mubadala Development Company, through its branch Mubadala Oil& Gas and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) from Abu Dhabi, have announced the project to build the Emirates LNG Terminal in Fujairah, UAE.

This LNG Terminal would have a down loading and re-gasification capacity of 1.2 billion cf/d and a storage capacity of 12 billion cf gas.

It would be built in two phases, each having a capacity of 600 million standard cubic feet per day.

The first phase will include a floating storage and regasification terminal.  The completion is planned in 2014

The second phase would add an onshore import terminal to be built a year later.

The UAE have the seventh largest gas reserves in the World but are chronically in deficit of gas because of the increasing needs for utilities, gas injection and petrochemical industry.

In addition the UAE faces uncertainties regarding their gas supply from different sides. The expected production and costs to come from on going gas fields development projects as Shah gas, Dolphin pipeline does not deliver expected quantities because of commercial issues and the Strait of Hormuz may be closed at any time.

In this context, the choice of Fujairah is perfect to attract investors and traders.

Sinopec, Vitol Group, and the Dutch Royal Vopak NV are considering to use Fujairah also for oil storage. Actual evaluations are to add about 1 million cm storage capacity per company. 

The completion is targeted in 2014.

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Adma-Opco to spend $50 million to reduce carbon footprint.

Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco)  is majority-owned by Abu Dhabi‘s state oil firm ADNOC with BP, Total, Inpex and Japan Oil Development Company as other share holders.

Adma-Opco is the operator of the Das Island offshore oil and gas hub.

In order to reduce the carbon footprint of the site, Adma-Opco is planning to install a flare gas recovery unit to capture the hydrocarbons gas emissions and prevent them from release in the atmosphere.

Adma-Opco estimated the capital expenditure to $50 million.

Tebodin from the Netherlands performed the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED)

Penspen from UK has been appointed as Project Manger Consultant (PMC)

Then the technical bids for the EPC contract were submitted by:

 – Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) from Greece

 – Technip from Abu Dhabi office

 – Adyard from Abu Dhabi.

The commercial bids should follow in June for an award on third quarter 2012.

Adma-Opco is planning the completion of the Das Island flare gas recovery in 2014.

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Fujairah refinery, a strategic project for the UAE

International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is moving ahead with the crude oil refinery project to be located at Fujairah, UAE.

The Fujairah refinery, should have a capacity of 10.0 million t/y or 200,000 b/d.

IPIC estimated the capital expenditure at $ 3 billion.

The Fujairah refinery project should be developed in two phases:

 – First phase: construction of the Refinery to be completed by 2017

 – Second phase: development of the petrochemical complex including a 1.2 million t/y polypropylene plant.

The Fujairah Refinery project is a strategic initiative of the Government.

To be located near the new Abu Dhabi crude oil pipeline Main oil Terminal and the UAE deep water Export Terminals in Fujairah, the Refinery is a master piece of the Government strategy to shortcut the Strait of Hormuz.

The proposed Fujairah refinery would be near the outlet of a 1.5 million-barrel-a-day oil pipeline running to the coast and set to be completed in 2012.

The pipeline will give access for exports to the Gulf of Oman, allowing shipments to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, the transit point for tankers hauling oil from producers including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait.

In addition to this geographical aspects to secure the export of crude oil from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries, IPIC intents to give the Fujairah refinery the capability to meet its own power generation requirements.

It means that the project will include power generation facilities.

The Government wants also to take this opportunity to provide power supply to the local grid of the Northern Emirates.

Through the capital expenditure in the refinery and all the associated infrastructures needed around for about the same amount, the IPIC’s Fujairah refinery will create significant opportunities in Northern Emirates. 

The refinery is expected to create more than 750 job opportunities out of which 375 to 400 wil be for UAE Nationals, once it comes into operation.

The refinery shall be designed to process UAE crude oil such as Murban, Upper Zakum and Dubai.

Shaw Group completes Feasibility Study

In April 2011, IPIC had awarded the Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract and the pre-front end engineering and design (feasibility study) phase of the Fujairah Refinery to Shaw Stone & Webster.

The Shaw Group completed the project feasibility study, so that IPIC could proceed with the call for tender for the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract.

At least Fluor from USA and Technip from France are going to bid.

IPIC is targeting the Fujairah refinery project completion to occur by mid 2016.

With questions accumulating on the neighboring Iran and because of the five years lead time to turn a refinery from greenfield into operation, IPIC is driving up to speed the Fujairah refinery project with the support of engineering companies like Shaw, Fluor or Technip which have local capabilities to ensure the project completion on time. 

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Petrofac-Schlumberger won 30 years Pemex contract

Schlumberger in brief

Houston, Texas-based Schlumberger Limited (Shlumberger) is the world’s leading oil field services company supplying technology, information solutions and integrated project management that optimize reservoir performance for customers working in the oil and gas industry.

Schlumberger has principal offices in Paris-France, Houston-Texas and The Hague-The Netherlands and reported revenues of $39.54 billion in 2011.

Schlumberger employ over 113,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 85 countries. 

With 25 research and engineering facilities worldwide, Schlumberger places strong emphasis on developing innovative technology that adds value for customers.

In 2011, Schlumberger invested $1.1 billion in R&D.

Petrofac in brief

The new alliance in integrated services contracts between Petrofac and Schlumberger not only demonstrates the complementary skill sets and proven execution capability to maximize the potential of these  maturing Panuco oil fields for PEMEX, but also the strong and longstanding commitment to take Market Leadership for future growth in margin and market share into Mexico. 

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Electrical and Instrumentation experts to meet in Abu Dhabi on November 12th &13th 2012

PCIC stands for the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee.

PCIC Middle East is the regional representation of PCIC Europe to organize the premier Conference for the exchange of experience in electricity and instrumentation in the oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, covering all the aspects of the upstream and downstream activities.

The PCIC Middle East and PCIC Europe conferences mobilize experts from:

 – End-users

 – Engineering and Services companies

 – Contractors

 – Manufacturers

 – Regulators

 – Insurance institutions

 – International standards organizations

The purpose of PCIC Middle East is for these recognized experts to present papers and to lead panels discussions to share their experience and good practises with the attendees.

PCIC Middle East Technical Committee

The subjects are selected for the conference by a Technical Committee because of their high value for the companies operating in the Middle East region in order to provide  immediate benefits to attendees.

 The Technical Committee is made of representatives from 2B1st Consulting, ABB, BP, Eaton, ExxonMobil, Hess, Sabic, Schneider Electric, Shell, Statoil, Technip, Total and ZVEI covering all the aspects of the oil and gas and petrochemical industry:

 – Energy Efficiency, GHG Emissions & Sustainable development

 – Safety in the workplace & Qualification of the personal

 – Regulations and new standards

 – Electrical & Instrumentation Design and Engineering good practices

 – Equipment, Systems & Components

 – Operation, Maintenance, Repair & Asset Management

 – Extreme Conditions applications (Arctic, Hot, Deep Offshore, Subsea)

 – Instrumentation & Control System

 – IEC 61850 Experience & Feed back

Major Companies attendees feedback

All the major companies, IOCs and NOCs, of the oil and gas and petrochemical industry are represented with numerous attendees.

These companies do not hesitate to communicate their satisfaction from the fruitful learning sessions and friendly networking during the Conference.

Occidental of Oman

“The conference contains very useful material and topics which covered all the Electrical and Instrumentation fields“.                                                      

A. Al Sawafi, Occidental of Oman

Saudi Aramco

“This is far the best conference I ever attended. Most of the papers were very beneficial to my work. Unlike other conferences, all its papers are related to Industry“.

S. Al Majed, Saudi Aramco

Royal Dutch Shell

“The annual Oil & Gas Electrical Engineer “Must-Attend” event!“

W. De Wilt, Shell International

Total

“A mandatory event for Electrical Oil & Gas Engineers…the yearly snapshot of the Industry!”

E. Meyer, Total Exploration & Production

PCIC Middle East and PCIC Europe in brief

PCIC Europe organizes an annual conference in Europe to share expertise and good practices between the Electrical and Instrumentation Engineers working in the Oil and Gas and Petrochemical Industry.

Many engineers working in Middle-East would like to attend our PCIC Europe Conference but may meet difficulties doing so for multiple reasons.

Therefore PCIC Europe decided to take its expertise to them by creating the PCIC Middle East Conference.

The first PCIC Middle East Conference will be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on November 12^th & 13^th 2012 in conjunction with the ADIPEC Exhibition. 

Several sponsors of PCIC Europe have already extended their sponsorship to PCIC Middle East in addition to local sponsors.

ADNOC is the official sponsor of ADIPEC.

PCIC Europe has signed a contract with ADIPEC to host our PCIC Middle East conference during their event.

The set up will be similar to PCIC Europe where Authors will present their papers and reply to questions through interactive sessions.

In joining ADIPEC one of the most successful event of the oil and gas and petrochemical industry in the GCC Countries, PCIC Middle East will be the must attend event for of the electrical and instrumentation specialists of the operating companies, engineering and services companies, contractors and local authorities.

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