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ADNOC awards for Technip

Energies, TechnipFMC

UAE ABU Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) this journey, we will contribute to a robust design of
week awarded a billion-dollar surface contract carbon capture and transportation for enhanced
to TechnipFMC, then signed a major engineer- oil recovery [EOR], a critical element of this
ing deal for the Ghasha gas field with the firm’s project.”
Technip Energies affiliate. The giant offshore Ghasha concession con-
In an official statement, UK-listed Tech- tains the Dalma, Ghasha, Hail, Mubarraz, Nasr
nipFMC said that it had been awarded a major and Satah al-Razboot (SARB) fields and is the
10-year framework contract through its local world’s largest offshore sour gas development.
agent Gulf Automation Services and Oilfield ADNOC owns its customary 60% in Ghasha,
Supplies covering wellheads, trees and associ- with international partners holding the remain-
ated services, valued at more than $1bn. der – Italy’s Eni 25%, Germany’s Wintershall
This will see the company increase its “exist- 10% and Abu Dhabi government-affiliated and
ing manufacturing, assembly and test capabilities Vienna-based OMV holding 5%.
in Abu Dhabi in order to deliver the company’s The overall Ghasha project is expected to pro-
complete portfolio of surface wellheads and trees duce 15.5bn cubic metres per year of gas as well
locally”. as oil and condensate volumes by the end of the
TechnipFMC’s president of surface technol- decade, with first output anticipated in 2025.
ogies, Barry Glickman said that the deal was The contract signing follows the award in
the company’s largest ever surface technologies November of two engineering, procurement
contract. and construction (EPC) packages with a total
The next day, Technip Energies, in which of $1.46bn for the development of Dalma. These
TechnipFMC holds a direct stake of around were awarded to the local National Petroleum
12.3%, said it had signed a contract with Construction Co. (NPCC) and a joint venture
ADNOC to update the front-end engineering (JV) between Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas and
and design (FEED) for the Ghasha mega project local firm Target Engineering.
and accelerating efforts to integrate carbon cap- These cover offshore wellhead towers, pipe-
ture into the development. lines, umbilicals and gas conditioning facilities
Marco Villa, Technip Energies’ chief operat- as ADNOC seeks to quickly achieve production
ing officer, said: “As part of our energy transition of 3.1-3.6 bcm per year at Dalma.™

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