New contracts awarded for Hail, Ghasha gas project

Two new contracts have been awarded as part of the Hail & Ghasha sour gas project in Abu Dhabi, it was announced here by contractors KBR Inc.

KBR Inc. have been awarded a Project Management Services (PMC) contract by OMV Offshore Abu Dhabi GmbH, on behalf of ADNOC, for management of the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) phase of the Hail & Ghasha Development project. The company will also perform PMC services for the Detailed Engineering phase of the project under a contract awarded by Occidental of Abu Dhabi Ltd. which is jointly managing the project with OMV Offshore Abu Dhabi GmbH on behalf of ADNOC.

The work is expected to take 24 months.

The project for the development of the Hail & Ghasha Gas Field is in line with ADNOC’s objective to deliver a more sustainable and economic gas supply by implementing a fully integrated gas master plan that increases productivity, performance and delivery.

The Hail & Ghasha Project, one of the largest sour gas fields projects being developed by ADNOC, is forecast, when completed, to produce about 1 billion cubic feet of sour gas per day.

The infrastructure requirements for the Hail & Ghasha Project include a minimum of eleven offshore artificial islands to be designed and constructed.