Adco full-field SAS development goes for bid

13 January 2006
Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (Adco) issued for bid in late December the front-end engineering and design (FEED) package on the proposed Sahil, Asab and Shah (SAS) full-field development project. Eight companies have been invited to submit technical bids by 7 February for the six-month contract. The invitees are Foster Wheeler, Fluor Corporation, Jacobs Engineering, Mustang Engineering and Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), all US-based, the US/Canadian VECO,Australia's WorleyParsons and Paris-based Technip. No date has been set for the submission of commercial bids (MEED 28:10:05).

Estimated to cost $1,400 million, the scheme is aimed at increasing production capacity from the three onshore oil fields by a total of 60,000 barrels a day (b/d) through major modifications to surface handling facilities. The largest increase, of 30,000 b/d, is planned at the Asab field, followed by 20,000 b/d at Sahil and 10,000 b/d at Shah. Current production capacity at the fields is 280,000 b/d, 55,000 b/d and 50,000 b/d respectively. The project, which will take about two years to complete, will involve the supply and installation of compressors, pipelines and related facilities.

Genesis Oil & Gas Consultants, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Technip, has completed the conceptual study and masterplan. It included an assessment of the surface production facilities and recommendations for an expansion, taking into account rising water cut and gas lift requirements.

Three companies - WorleyParsons, VECO and the UK's AMEC -submitted technical bids in mid-November for the position of project manager. A deadline has still to be set for the submission of commercial bids. The SAS project is part of Adco's plans to increase production capacity from its fields to 1.6 million b/d from 1.4 million b/d by 2008 (MEED 26:8:05).

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