By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 14 -- Abu Dhabi Co. for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) awarded Foster Wheeler AG’s global engineering and construction group a project management consultancy (PMC) contract for the development of Bida Al Qemzan oil field in the UAE.
Foster Wheeler will manage, on behalf of ADCO, the engineering, procurement, and construction phase of the Bida Al Qemzan development and will assist ADCO with the selection and awarding of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts.
The project aims to add 20,000 b/d of production capacity to the field by the end of third-quarter 2012.
ADCO earlier this year let PMC contracts to Foster Wheeler for expansion of Bab field and development of Qushahwira field. ADCO also let an EPC contract to National Petroleum Construction Co. for work that will result in production of 30,000 b/d of oil in part of Qusahwira field and 80,000 b/d in part of Northeast Bab field (OGJ Online, Mar. 24, 2010).
