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ADNOC awards onshore

EPC deal to Archirodon

UAE ABU Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) this The Asab Central Degassing Station handles
week awarded Greek firm Archirodon a three- production from the SEA fields as well as Al
year engineering, procurement and construc- Dhafra, which contains the Haliba, where work
tion (EPC) contract focusing on the expansion is ongoing to expand production from 10,000
of the onshore Asab asset. bpd to 60,000 bpd by 2023 with South Korean
The $173mn deal covers EPC works to joint venture partners Korea National Oil Co.
expand the capacity of the Asab Central Degas- (KNOC) and GS Energy. After processing, sta-
sing Station, which is seen allowing ADNOC bilised crude is transported to marine terminals
Onshore to raise production from the asset and via ADNOC’s pipeline infrastructure.
nearby fields. The Emirati firm said that it would Archirodon won a $489mn deal in late 2019
also “support the production evaluation of covering the construction of facilities to raise
nearby exploration blocks”. ADNOC announced production capacity at Bab to 485,000 bpd.
a 50mn barrel discovery in the Al Dhafra Petro- Meanwhile, the SEA asset has been promi-
leum Concession to the east of Asab in May. nent in recent contract awards, with UK-based
With reserves in excess of 3.5bn barrels and Penspen hired earlier this year under a four-year
a production capacity of around 450,000 bpd, deal covering the procurement and construction
Asab is one of the UAE’s largest oilfields and (PC) of flowlines and wellhead installations for
together with Mender, Sahil, Shah and Qusah- 51 wells at Mender, Qusahwira and Shah.
wira, part of ADNOC Onshore’s South East In October, Oman’s Galfar Engineering &
Asset (SEA) operating area. Contracting Emirates won a five-year, $71mn
Announcing the deal, ADNOC said: “The PC job for flowlines and wellhead installations
improvement will result in a 12% capacity at Asab and Sahil as well as a 30-month, $84mn
increase of Abu Dhabi’s premium-grade Mur- EPC contract for the creation of a new bypass
ban crude from Asab field. This work further system to provide critical backup for ADNOC
supports our advantage of providing some of the Onshore’s existing crude receiving stations at the
world’s most cost-efficient, lower-carbon crude, Jebel Dhanna and Fujairah export terminals.
as we continue to accelerate towards an oil pro- In 2018, $300mn of tie-in work covering
duction capacity of 5mn barrels per day by 2030.” Asab, Mender, Qusahwira, Shah and Suhail was
The company has a current capacity of around awarded to local firm Al-Asab Contracting and
4.2mn bpd, with ADNOC Onshore contribut- Galfar, with earlier tie-in work having been car-
ing in excess of 2mn bpd, mainly from Bu Hasa ried out by Al-Asab and Pakistan’s Descon after
(650,000 bpd), Bab (450,000 bpd) and Asab. awards in late 2015.™

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