Gasco awards contract to Foster Wheeler to increase production of NGLs

June 19, 2002
Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (Gasco) has awarded a project management contract to Foster Wheeler International Corp., the UK subsidiary of Clinton, NJ-based Foster Wheeler Ltd.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, June 19 -- Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (Gasco) has awarded a project management contract to Foster Wheeler International Corp., the UK subsidiary of Clinton, NJ-based Foster Wheeler Ltd., to increase Gasco's production of condensate and natural gas liquids at four of the company's Abu Dhabi facilities.

The project will focus on the following Gasco sites: two new gas plants at Habshan and Asab fields, an expansion of the existing Gasco plant at Ruwais, and an upgrade of existing NGL storage at the Takreer refinery at Ruwais.

The Foster Wheeler unit will be responsible for endorsing the selection of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contractor and will manage it on behalf of Gasco. The new and expanded facilities will remove condensate and NGLs from natural gas taken from Abu Dhabi gas reservoirs. These products will then be shipped to the coast via pipeline, where they will be treated for export and end use. Dry gas, meanwhile, will be reinjected.

The wells and gathering system will be upgraded to deliver the additional gas quantities to the new Habshan gas plant, known as OGD-III. The new plant at Asab, AGD-II, will involve recovery of NGLs from the gas that is presently processed and injected into Asab field.

The existing Ruwais processing plant will be expanded to add a new NGL fractionation train with utilities, storage, shipping, and control systems. The existing Takreer refinery at Ruwais, meanwhile, will be upgraded for treatment, fractionation, and export of the additional condensate volumes.