AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services contract by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA OPCO) for the ‘execute phase’ of the Nasr Phase-1 and Umm Lulu Phase-1 field development projects offshore Abu Dhabi.
Phase 1 will include the construction of an early production facility, 33 wellhead towers, pipelines and pumps with a view to sustaining a production capacity of a further 125,000 barrels per day (bpd) from the fields. The phase is slated to take 30 months. Indian firm Larsen & Toubro was awarded the $450 million EPC contract last summer.
Phase 2, the EPC deal for which is yet to be awarded, is slated to add a further 40,000 bpd. Shaw Stone & Webster hasalready sewn up the PMC contract.
Technip Abu Dhabi completed the FEED overseeing Phase 1, Mott MacDonald conducted the feasibility study, and WorleyParsons covered the first round of PMC work. The total project value is undisclosed but reckoned to be $1.5 billion.
“This award is a great milestone in supporting ADMA OPCO’s development and strengthening AMEC’s business offering in the UAE,” said Alan McLean, Executive Vice President of AMEC’s Middle East, Africa and CIS regions. “The Middle East is an important growth region for AMEC and I am delighted that our recognized PMC capabilities are supporting ADMA OPCO’s development.”
The British company is already a strategically-important player in Abu Dhabi’s offshore oil industry, as it is working to boost production from the Upper Zakum field by 200,000 bpd to 750,000 bpd under a five-year PMC contract with ZADCO.
Abu Dhabi is looking to boost its crude production through an ambitious onshore enhanced oil recovery program and field development of its offshore assets, targeting an overall increase from 2.8 million barrels per day to 3.5 million.
The emirate’s standing amongst oil producers is slated to grow as Saudi Arabia’s capabilities as a swing producer narrows and Asian consumers look to supply stable long-term sources of oil from GCC countries.
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