By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 5 -- Abu Dhabi Co. for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) let a front-end engineering and design contract to Foster Wheeler International Corp. to boost production from three mature oil fields.
The project involves the Sahil, Asab, and Shah (SAS) oil fields. The value of the contract was not disclosed. ADCO plans to increase total production from the fields to more than 1.8 million b/d by 2010. Current production figures were not immediately available.
ADCO is part of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. group of companies.
In addition to boosting production, the SAS field development is intended to enhance the environmental aspects of the fields and to provide facilities to enhance operation of the fields until 2040.
The contract is scheduled for completion in mid-2007. The project's commissioning is slated for 2010.
SAS fields are 180 km south of Abu Dhabi City. Production began in 1974 at Asab and was followed by Sahil and Shah.
