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ADNOC delays sour gas bidding
but project largely on schedule
UAE ABU Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) is Meanwhile, ADNOC, Lukoil and the Russian
understood to have delayed bidding on its off- Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) signed a frame-
shore Dalma sour gas project, but only by a work deal focused on potential future collabora-
couple of weeks, with revised pricing sought. tion on the Ghasha concession.
The move comes in the wake of neighbouring The remainder of the total 40% international
rival Saudi Aramco having cancelled the bid- shareholding in the concession is held by Ita-
ding for its $110bn Jafurah unconventional gas ly’s Eni with 25%, Germany’s Wintershall with
development, which many in the industry said 10% and Abu Dhabi government-affiliated and
would have repercussions beyond the Kingdom’s Vienna-based OMV with 5%. Middle East Oil
borders. & Gas (MEOG) understands from sources close
ADNOC had been expecting bids to be sub- to Lukoil that the Russian firm had previously
mitted by January 11, but the deadline has now anticipated contracting work for Dalma to have
been pushed back to January 24, with an award made progress by the end of last year.
still anticipated during the first half of the year The two packages on offer are understood to
despite the postponement. focus on onshore facilities and offshore infra-
Dalma forms part of the offshore Ghasha structure, with four parties thought to be in the
concession, alongside the Ghasha, Hail, Mubar- running for the first and two in contention for
raz, Nasr and Satah al-Razboot (SARB) fields. the latter. An award was made to a consortium
The exploitation of Dalma is envisaged gener- of Petrofac and Sapura Energy for the offshore
ating production of 3.1-3.6bn cubic metres per facilities, with Petrofac winning the onshore
year of gas by early this decade, with the joint EPC work, but both deals were cancelled in the
development of Ghasha and Hail anticipated to midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pan-
produce 10.3 bcm per year. demic, hence the return to bidding.
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