Adma-Opco in gas development deal

Dubai: Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco) on Tuesday signed a $402-million (Dh1.48 billion) engineering procurement and construction agreement for the integrated gas development (IGD) project - Habshan Platform (HAP) with National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC).

IGD is a strategic initiative of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to process and supply gas to meet the growing needs and development plans of Abu Dhabi. IGD-HAP is the first of several offshore and onshore packages in the IGD project.

The Adma-Opco portion involves the challenging offshore portion of gas production by drilling additional gas wells and processing platforms at Umm Shaif for gas dehydration and transfer to Das Island through the new main gas line to be laid under this contract.

The agreement was signed at Adma-Opco headquarters by Ali Al Jarwan, Adma-Opco General Manager, and Aqeel Madhi, NPCC CEO.

The engineering, procurement and fabrication works are scheduled for completion by mid-2012, well in time to meet the downstream projects.