ADNOC lets $1.46 billion EPC contracts for Dalma gas development

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) awarded two engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts totaling $1.46 billion for the Dalma gas development project.

Dalma field lies about 190 km northwest of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and is part of the Ghasha concession—the world’s largest offshore sour gas development.

Package A of the two Dalma EPC contracts was awarded to National Petroleum Construction Co. and is valued at $514 million. It covers the EPC of four offshore wellhead towers, pipelines, and umbilicals in Hair Dalma, Satah, and Bu Haseer fields.

Package B, awarded to a joint venture between Técnicas Reunidas and Target Engineering, is valued at $950 million and covers the EPC of gas conditioning infrastructure for gas dehydration, compression, and associated utilities on Arzanah Island about 80 km from Abu Dhabi.

Both contracts are expected to be completed in 2025 and will enable Dalma field to produce around 340 MMscfd of natural gas. ADNOC has advanced orders for long lead items and has completed seven development wells at Dalma.

Production from the Ghasha concession area, encompassing Hail, Ghasha, and Dalma sour gas fields, is expected to begin around 2025, ramping up to produce more than 1.5 billion scfd before the end of the decade.

ADNOC and its Ghasha partners—ENI (25%), Wintershall Dea (10%), OMV (5%), and LUKOIL (5%)—have let a contract to Technip Energies to update the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the concession.