ADNOC lets offshore gas pipeline EPC contract

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) affiliate ADNOC Offshore awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction contract to National Petroleum Construction Co. for construction of a new natural gas transmission line at its Lower Zakum field offshore of Abu Dhabi. The project is intended to accommodate an expected increase in Lower Zakum’s associated gas production to 700 MMscfd from 430 MMscfd as the company increases the field’s oil production to 450,000 b/d by 2025.

Construction will include a new 85-km subsea pipeline from Zakum West Super Complex to Das Island, Abu Dhabi, a new platform at Zakum West, and a new gas receiving terminal at Das Island.

The contract is worth $548 million.