Dolphin Energy has announced that full gas supplies to the UAE from its facilities in Qatar have been resumed following a partial shutdown.
A five-week routine maintenance and inspection programme focusing on the production and processing installations at the port of Ras Laffan in Qatar.
“Routine maintenance shutdowns of this type are a regular feature of the energy industry worldwide. This pre planned temporary shutdown was undertaken to ensure the highest standards of safety, maintenance and environmental protection in all areas of the company’s business,” a statement released by the company said.
The US$5 billion Dolphin project, was launched eight years ago and is the largest venture of its kind in the Middle East. A 364 kilometre subsea pipeline traverses the Gulf sea from Qatar to the UAE.
“The work was completed as planned and finished on February 26. And a gradual increase in the supply of natural gas through the export pipeline linking Qatar with the UAE has since taken place,” the statement said.
“The company [Dolphin Energy] gradually ramped up production and achieved its regular maximum throughput of two billion standard cubic feet of natural gas a day on March 1.”
Supplies through the pipeline include around 788 million cubic feet per day (mmsf/d) for the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, 730 mmsf/d for Dubai Supply Authority, 141 mmsf/d for the Union Water and Electricity Company and 200 mmsf/d for Oman Oil Company, which began receiving gas last month.
Dolphin Energy is owned 51% by Mubadala Development Company, on behalf of the government of Abu Dhabi and 24.5% each by Total of France and Occidental Petroleum of the US.
