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ADNOC awards EPC jobs
for Jebel Dhanna Terminal
UAE ABU Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) last and Non-System crude, for delivery to the new
week awarded two engineering, procurement Ruwais Refinery West (RRW) project”, according
and construction (EPC) contracts for work at to a statement released by ADNOC.
its Jebel Dhanna Terminal through its ADNOC Jebel Dhanna is located around 12 km to the
Onshore subsidiary. west of Ruwais refinery.
The contracts, worth a total of $245mn, were The company noted that the “ability to import
awarded to China Petroleum Pipeline Engineer- other grades of crude at Jebel Dhanna follow-
ing Co. (CPPEC) and Abu Dhabi-based Target ing the completion of the project will provide
Engineering Construction Co. and cover work to ADNOC greater flexibility,” highlighting how
upgrade two Main Oil Lines (MOLs) and crude the company is extracting value from every bar-
receiving facilities at Jebel Dhanna. rel of crude it produces. The terminal was origi-
CPECC’s contract is valued at around nally conceived and operated as a Murban crude
$135mn and covers the replacement of the oil export facility since its inception in the 1960s.
MOLs which transport Murban crude oil the CPECC is expected to complete its work
Bab, Bu Hasa, North East Bab and South East to within 30 months, while Target has a project
Jebel Dhanna. This will increase the pipelines’ duration of 20 months.
capacity by more than 30%. Commenting on the awards, executive direc-
Meanwhile, the contract awarded to Tar- tor of ADNOC’s Upstream Directorate, Yaser
get is worth around $110mn and provides for Saeed Almazrouei, said: “The awards follow a
the Emirati firm to upgrade crude receiving very competitive tender process and highlight
facilities at Jebel Dhanna, allowing ADNOC to how ADNOC is making smart investments to
utilise parts of the terminal’s existing facilities optimise performance and unlock greater value
to import Upper Zakum crude from “offshore from our assets.”
Iran sees gas exports increase
by 88% over seven years: NIGC
IRAN GAS exports from Iran have increased by 88% of South Pars managing director who also con-
over the past seven years Hassan Montazer Tor- firmed a large increase in gas exports to regional
bati, CEO of the National Iranian Gas Company neighbours and beyond but said the country saw
(NIGC), SHANA reported on September 10. an 87% increase since 2013.
Iran has focused on boosting its exports of The average volume of gas exports in sum-
natural gas from several fields including the mer is 75mn cubic metres per day, Torbati
expansive South Pars gas field in the Persian explained.
Gulf. “In recent years, the country has earned
$ 10bn from the export of diesel fuel, liquefied
petroleum gas and heating oil, and this progress
continues,” he was quoted as saying
According to Torbati, gas is exported to Tur-
key, Iraq, the Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia.
He also said the development of South Pars
and the start of gas exports to Iraq led to an
increase in gas exports by more than 88% com-
pared to 2013.
The volume of gas supplied to Turkey
in the contract, he specified, is 30mn cubic
meters. “According to the contract, the export
of gas to Iraq is 55mn cubic meters,” said the
director-general.
His comment was previously aired by that
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