The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Onshore (Adnoc Onshore) project to develop the Rumaitha and Shanayel onshore oil fields is due to be completed before the end of the month, according to a source close to the project.

“A ceremony has already been held to mark the end of the project,” said the source. “There are a few items left to be finished off. All of the important ones are expected to be completed by the end of January.”

The main contract for the project, worth $1.44bn, was awarded in May 2014 to a joint venture of South Korea’s GS E&C and Dubai-based Dodsal.

The project to develop Rumaitha and Shanayel is part of Adnoc Onshore’s wider programme to add an additional 400,000 b/d to their overall sustainable output (bringing it’s total sustainable production plateau to 1.8 million b/d).

The project reinjects carbon dioxide to enhanced oil recover and reduce the project’s carbon footprint.

There were some delays in the final stages of the project. Originally it was expected that the project would be completed in May 2017.

The scope of the project included:

• Compressors
• 37 production wells
• 34 injection wells
• A 250km pipeline
• Tankage
• A gas gathering facility
• Three substations