(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC, has initiated the IGD-E project as a priority in developing and expanding current facilities to boost gas exports from offshore to onshore in order to satisfy the increasing demand for gas locally.
On behalf of ADNOC, Abu Dhabi Gas Industries, GASCO, and Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company, ADGAS, have confirmed the award of the following contracts for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPC) works for the Integrated Gas Development Expansion (IGD-E) Phase 1 Project on Lump Sum Turnkey Basis, as follows; Das Island facilities (Package No. 1), Offshore Pipeline (Package No. 2), Onshore Pipeline and Habshan Modifications (Package No. 3).
IGD-E Project is a unified project to further increase offshore gas processing capacity by an additional 400 MMSCFD Offshore HP Gas from Das Island to Habshan. This will be in addition to the current gas processing capacity of 1,000 MMSCFD realised under the OAG and IGD Projects.
The new facilities at Habshan-5 will also accommodate an additional onshore Gas 300 MMSCFD from Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) North East Bab (NEB-III), in addition to 439 MMSCFD from North West Abu Dhabi offshore fields.
The details of IGD-E (Phase 1) packages are as follows; ADGAS IGD-E - Das Island facilities (Package No. 1), IGD-E Package No. 1 consists of the following new facilities in Das Island that will be required for increasing the offshore gas processing capacity: new 4th gas dehydration train, new common dry gas compression after cooler, land reclamation.
The EPC Contract was awarded on 3rd February 2015 to the consortium, Tecnimont, Italy and Archirodon, Greece, at a contract price of approx. US$ 491 MM with a completion period of 40 months.
The initial phase of the project execution will commence from the Contractor's Home Office in Milan, Italy and will later move to the site at Das Island for construction activities.
GASCO IGD-E - Offshore Pipeline (Package No. 2); IGD-E Package No. 2 consists of the 117 km offshore segment of the new 42" IGD-E pipeline. The selected offshore route for the new IGD-E pipeline parallels the existing 30" OAG pipeline route, which runs from Das Island to the pipeline corridor shore crossing tie-in at Ras Al Qila.
The EPC Contract was awarded to M/s National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), UAE on 3rd February 2015 at a contract price of approximately US$ 410 MM with a completion schedule of 40 months.
The initial phase of the project execution will commence from the contractor's Home Office in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and will later move to the offshore sites for construction activities.
GASCO IGD-E € Onshore Pipeline and Habshan Modifications (Package No. 3); IGD-E Package No. 3 consists of the following new facilities that will be required to handle the additional offshore gas, new 114 km onshore segment of the 42" IGD-E pipeline. The selected onshore route continues from Ras Al Qila parallel the existing 30" OAG pipeline to a point near Habshan Area, then detours from OAG Pipeline Habshan 5 Plant with a new established corridor.
New units are required at Habshan 5 to receive the gas from the new 42" IGD-E pipeline. The new Habshan 5 units will also be the destination of additional onshore sour gas from ADCO's North East Bab Development (NEB-III).
- New condensate pipeline to transport stabilised condensate from Habshan 5 to Habshan Complex Condensate Storage Unit.
- New two package boilers for steam generation in Habshan 5.
- New tie-ins and modifications will be required for the integration of the new units with Habshan 5 and Habshan Complex to allow optimum processing of gas.
The EPC Contract was awarded on 3rd February 2015 to Tecnicas Reunidas, Spain, at a contract price of approx. US$ 685 MM with a completion period of 40 months.
The initial phase of the projects execution will commence from the contractors Home Office in Madrid, Spain and will later on move to the sites of the onshore pipelines and Habshan for construction activities.
GASCO and ADGAS will direct their EPC Contractors to maximise use of local contents in terms of materials, equipment and services.
The Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the IGD-E Project was completed in April 2014 and during execution of FEED high significance was been given to HSE aspects in order to eliminate and adverse impact on the environment and the surrounding community in line with ADNOC HSE Code of Practices.
These projects will also provide excellent opportunities for UAE nationals for training and learning through exposure and interaction with experienced engineering companies to enable them to manage future projects, and operate and maintain the plants after project completion and handover.
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