Wintershall Holding GMBH has received a 10% share of the Ghasha Concession covering development of Hail, Ghasha, Dalma, and other sour natural gas fields offshore Abu Dhabi.
The Abu Dhabi government and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. earlier awarded a 25% interest in the concession to Eni (OGJ Online, Nov. 13, 2018). ADNOC retains a 60% interest.
The Ghasha project is expected to produce 1.5 bcfd of sour gas and 120,000 b/d of condensate.
It’s part of a plan by Abu Dhabi to increase gas production enough to meet domestic demand and possibly become a net gas exporter.
ADNOC will increase gas production from onshore Shah field to 1.5 bcfd and develop sour gas at Bab and Bu Hasa fields, also onshore.
It also has formed a venture with Total to explore for gas in unconventional reservoirs in a large area west of existing production (OGJ Online, Nov. 12, 2018).
