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18 POWER GENERATION
A look into the trends that are
shaping the power generation
market for upstream exploration
and production companies and
what this means for 2013.
26 WIRELESS WONDERS
In this months technology focus,
Tendekas Garth Naldrett and Tor
Inge Asen, explore the benets
and the future of wireless tech-
nology in downhole monitoring
systems.
REGULARS
05 REGIONAL NEWS
15 IN DEPTH
24 OFG GALLERY
65 PROJECTS
72 THE BIG PICTURE
32 POWER 50 LIST
Check out the upstream oil and
gas industrys 50 biggest players
for 2012 and how their power
and decisions will shape the in-
dustry outlook next year.
58 CABLE MANAGEMENT
Cable production market leaders
discuss the technology and
movements in the cable industry
with insight into how the rms
are adapting to the regional
economic environment.
62 RULES OF THE SEA
Find out how DNVs new rule
book clears the water when it
comes to the industrys compli-
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quality and safety.
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F
ar from consigning the filthiest fuels to
the slag heap of history, all the reports
which drew on global energy trends at
the end of 2012 show that old King Coal is
far from dead, and his kingdom is rapidly
expanding.
Indeed, unless there is a major shift in
either policy, or more effectively, prices, coal
will actually overtake oil as the worlds domi-
nant energy source as soon as 2017.
Whilst commentators around the
world scoffed at the irony of Decembers
climate change talks taking place in Doha,
the worlds undisputed gas capital, more
balanced observers were pointing to the fact
that the countries embracing gas as their
future fuel of choice have made the greatest
strides towards meeting emissions targets.
Of the fossil fuels it is by far the cleanest.
In the US, shale gas development has had
a number of transformative effects on the
energy landscape. Energy intensive indus-
tries such as petrochemicals and manufac-
turing have seen a resurgence in investment
as US companies have seen a competitive
advantage creep back into domestic produc-
tion. On a more global note, those countries
which are building capacity in gas-fuelled
Perception shift underway
Oil and gas no longer the bogeymen as coal bounces back
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power stations, or investing in LNG termi-
nals and signing long term supply agree-
ments will have another ace up their sleeve.
The two fastest growing coal consuming
economies will be India and China. Neither
have the expertise or patience to undertake
a shale gas or renewable energy revolution
in time to meet demand.
The more other countries wean their
power supplies off coal and oil, the less
chance they will have to scrap it out on the
global spot markets with China and India for
resources in the decades to come. Surely a
sensible strategy if ever I heard one.
The Middle East is best placed selling
its oil and harnessing its gas to meet local
demands. This is nothing new. Dolphin has
been transporting Qatari gas to the UAE
and Oman for years now, and more mega-
projects such as the Shah field development
in Abu Dhabi are underway.
One thing is certain in 2013. Compa-
nies which can make gas projects come on
stream quicker, cheaper and safer look set
for a prosperous year, here and abroad.

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Shelf Drilling buys 38 rigs
Dubai-based firm snaps up billion dollar fleet of shallow water rigs in year-end deal
Shelf Drilling Holdings has
acquired 38 shallow-water rigs
from Transocean Limited for
$1.05 billion.
The purchase includes 37
jackup rigs, a swamp barge
and the associated services, of
which two are based in the UAE
another five in Saudi Arabia and
five in Egypt.
The company will immedi-
ately assume operation of seven
of the rigs while the remaining
30 rigs will operate under transi-
tional agreements with Transo-
cean.
The company aims to assume
full control of the entire fleets
operations during 2013.
This transaction improves
Transoceans long-term compet-
Shelf Drillings $1.05 billion deal with Transocean includes the purchase of 37 jackup rigs, a swamp barge and the associated services from the ME and around the world.
Dubai-based Shelf Drilling is
a newly-formed company which
will provide shallow water
drilling services.
The company is sponsored
equally by Castle Harlan,
CHAMP Private Equity, and
Lime Rock partners, it has oper-
ations in Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
Angola, Italy, Nigeria and parts
of South East Asia.
Transocean specializes in
deepwater and harsh environ-
ment drilling services and oper-
ates a fleet of 82 mobile offshore
drilling units consisting of 48
high-specification jackups.
The transaction was effected
pursuant to the terms of
the agreements signed on 9
September, 2012.
itiveness by effectively reposi-
tioning the company as a more
focused operator of high-specifi-
cation drilling equipment, said
Steven Newman, President and
CEO of Transocean.
The $1.05 billion includes
approximately $855 million
in cash, subject to working
capital and other closing adjust-
ments and $195 million in
seller financing which comes
in the form of preference
shares issued by an affiliate of
ShelfDrilling.
Transocean will provide
various transition support
services to Shelf Drilling for a
period of time subsequent to the
closing of the transaction.
We are exclusively focused
on shallow water drilling, and
we will seek to build a sustain-
able business that continues
to grow to become the jackup
drilling contractor of choice for
our customers, employees and
investors, said David Mullen,
CEO of Shelf Drilling.
We intend to build on our
workforces industry-leading
track record of safety and oper-
ational excellence to allow us
to build long-term relation-
ships with our customers and
suppliers, he continued.
I have been extremely
encouraged by the response
from our employees and
customers following the initial
announcement of the transac-
tion, he said.
REGIONAL NEWS
El Badris OPEC tenure extended
Cartel settles for stability for the year ahead backing Sec Gen for a further 12 months
At a recent conference in
Vienna, the Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Coun-
tries (OPEC) elected HE Hani
Abdulaziz Hussain, Minister
of Oil of the State of Kuwait, as
President of the Conference
for one year and extended the
tenure of HE Abdalla Salem
El-Badri as Secretary General
for a period of one year. Both
terms will come into effect
starting January 1, 2013.
The conference also
reviewed the oil market outlook
as presented by the Secre-
tary General, in particular the
projections for supply/demand
in 2013.
Price volatility was cited as
a weakness throughout 2012,
mostly a reflection of increased
levels of speculation in the
commodities markets, exacer-
bated by geopolitical tensions
and laterally, exceptional
weather conditions.
According to a statement by
OPEC the biggest challenge
HE Abdalla Salem El-Badri, will remain secretary general of OPEC throughout 2013.
Qatargas 3 to deliver 2MTA of LNG.
crude in 2013 is expected to
contract to 29.7 mb/d.
The conference has decided
to maintain the current produc-
tion level of 30.0 mb/d, and
agreed that if necessary,
member countries would take
steps to ensure market balance
and reasonable price levels for
producers and consumers.
The conference appointed
Mr Yasser M. Mufti, Saudi
Arabian Governor for OPEC, as
Chairman of the Board of Gover-
nors for the year 2013, Dr Ali
Obaid Al Yabhouni, the United
Arab Emirates Governor for
OPEC, as Alternate Chairman
and HE Dr Abdel Bari Ali
Al-Arousi, Minister of Oil and
Gas of Libya and Head of its
Delegation, as Alternate Presi-
dent, for the same period with
effect from 1 January 2013.
The conference approved the
budget for 2013 and set the date
for its next ordinary meeting to
convene again in Vienna on 31
May 2013.
Qatargas signs LNG sales agreement with PTT
Qatargas has signed a long-
term LNG Sales and Purchase
Agreement (SPA) between
Qatar Liquefied Gas Company
Limited 3 (Qatargas 3) and
PTT Public Company Ltd. of
Thailand.
Qatargas 3 will deliver two
million tonnes per annum
(MTA) of LNG for a period of
20 years beginning from 2015.
The agreement marks PTTs
first long-term LNG SPA.
facing global oil markets in
2013 is uncertainty surrounding
the global economy, with
the fragility of the Euro-zone
remaining a major concern.
Such downward pres-
sures have outweighed supply
concern arising from geopo-
litical factors, said HE Abdul-
Kareem Luaibi Bahedh,
Minister of Oil of Iraq and Presi-
dent of the Conference
The Conference also pointed
out that, although world oil
demand is forecast to increase
slightly during the year 2013,
this is likely to be more than
offset by the projected increase
in non-OPEC supply and that
projected demand for OPEC
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play a key role in helping coun-
tries around the world improve
the diversity of their energy
supplies. We are very happy
that our discussions with PTT
regarding a long term agree-
ment have come to fruition.
We look forward to a strong
and enduring partnership
with PTT, he said Khalid Bin
Khalifa Al-Thani, chief execu-
tive officer of Qatargas.
Petrofac conrms
$11.6 bn backlog
Strong orders from Saudi
Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Algeria
helped Petrofac announce an
expected 15% rise in profit and
a backlog almost $1 billion
greater than it was at the end
of 2011. Despite a number of
bidding processes extending
into next year, we have secured
an order intake in the year to
date of US$5.3 billion, said
Ayman Asfari, group CEO.
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REGIONAL NEWS
Yemen pipeline attacked
Operator confirms sabotage on overland gas pipeline to Balhaf
Yemen LNG has confirmed the
sabotage of the 38 inch gas pipe-
line that links the block 18 to
the Balhaf terminal on the Gulf
of Aden.
The sabotage occurred at
00.35 hrs on 16th December,
2012 at 173 km north of Balhaf.
As the countrys largest-ever
industrial investment (budg-
eted around US$ 4.5 billion), the
decision to launch the Yemen
LNG project in August 2005 was
an important milestone for both
the Government of Yemen and
the Yemen LNG shareholders,
but safe and continuous opera-
tion has evaded the operators
over the past year.
The proven gas reserves are
sufficient to produce and export
6.7 million metric tonnes of LNG
per annum (mmtpa) for at least
the next 20 years to its long-
term customers in the North
American and South Korean
markets and potentially also to
new customers in the future.
The reserves within the
Yemen LNGs 38 inch gas pipeline was sabotaged on December 16, 173km north of Balhaf.
Schlumberger has bought GeoKnowledge.
Schlumberger buys Norwegian software rm
Schlumberger has acquired-
Norwegian-based oil and gas
software services company,
GeoKnowledge.
The companys GeoX suite
is used for exploration prospect
risk, resource and value assess-
ment by companies worldwide.
The combination of GeoX
Software with the Petrel* E&P
software platform will enable
us to provide our customers
with fully integrated solu-
Marib area which are currently
dedicated to the project include
9.15 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of
proven reserves with 1TCF allo-
cated for use in the domestic
market, and an additional 0.7
TCF of probable reserves. The
domestic gas will be trans-
ported through a spur line
to Maabar which is centrally
located in a mountainous region
of the country.
Yemen LNG is providing an
opportunity for Yemeni citizens
to develop a range of special-
ised skills in engineering and
business disciplines enhancing
opportunities for local investors
to expand and compete at an
international level.
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istic resource evaluations,
said Tony Bowman, president
of Schlumberger Information
Solutions.
Core software product devel-
opment will continue to be in
Oslo, Norway, where most of the
30 GeoKnowledge employees
are based. The company also
has offices in Houston, Texas,
and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
HIGHLIGHTS
Tethys Oil in Oman has seen asset
production increase to14,981bpd.
Test production in November
amounted to 449,425 barrels of oil,
with Tethys share of production
before government take amounting
to 30% or 134,828 barrels. The tests
were carried out on the wells in
Saiwan East and Farha South.
ExxonMobil released its Outlook
for Energy report describing the
companys view of the worlds
energy market. The report states
that oil, gas and coal will constitute
c.80% of the total energy mix in
2040, with natural gas overtaking
coal. Energy demand will be 30%
higher in 2040 compared to 2010.
Ernst & Youngs Oil & Gas Global
Capital Condence Barometer
revealed that only 27% of oil and
gas executives feel that the global
economy is improving, a sharp de-
cline from the 55% from six months
before. 61% of oil and gas respond-
ents believe the global downturn
will last at least another year, sug-
gesting that the economic recovery
is taking longer than expected.
GlassPoint Solar has closed its
Series B nancing round to raise
approximately $26 million from a
number of investors including Shell
(See News In Depth on page 15).
Tethys hits production record in Oman.
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REGIONAL NEWS
Unique Maritime snaps up Wellube
Sharjah headquartered Unique Welllube is wholly acquired after best revenue year ever
Unique Maritime Group, an
international integrated turnkey
subsea and offshore solution
provider, has acquired Unique
Wellube FZC, a specialist engi-
neering company.
The subsidiary provides
engineering services to
all sectors of the industry
throughout the region and over-
seas both onshore and offshore,
topside and subsea.
The services include hot
tapping, under pressure leak
sealing and pipeline rehabili-
tatio, as well as a complete suite
of related maintenance.
The management expertise,
financial stability and determina-
tion of the Group senior manage-
ment team to grow the business
globally now truly provides
a springboard to build upon
what has already been Unique
Wellubes most successful year
ever in terms of both revenue
generation and expansion,
said Graham McKay, general
manager of sales at Unique
Graham McKay, general manager of sales at Unique Welllube.
Simon Hateld, CEO at WesternZagros.
berg DP System and Seaflex
flexible buoyancy products.
2012 has been Unique
Wellubes biggest year to date
with over a 40% increase in
revenue from prior year, said
McKay. A number of projects
happened in 2012 the most
significant of which was a sub
sea, hot tap and line stop opera-
tion to replace a 4.5 km section
of 12 pipeline which connects
two satellite platforms, this
operation had to be undertaken
whilst the remaining pipeline at
either platform remained pres-
surized and in operation, he
added.
The company has managed
to do well and projects further
growth throughout 2013 despite
the global financial crisis.
UMGs ability to help a
client reach peak productivity,
improve cost controls and
minimize downtime through
keeping a plant and opera-
tions running has been in high
demand.
WZ and Talisman celebrate giant discovery
WesternZagros Resources
and Talisman are preparing to
complete the Kurdamir-2 well
after finishing an additional
cased-hole test in the Oligocene.
Talisman and WesternZa-
gros have agreed that further
tests of shallower zones in the
Oligocene reservoir are unnec-
essary and are now working to
realize the maximum oil produc-
tion potential from the Oligo-
cene reservoir in Kurdamir-2.
Welllube. The newly acquired
service company will continue
to operate from the groups
headquarters in Sharjah and
its operational support bases in
Qatar and West Africa.
UMG supplies and inte-
grates marine, survey and
diving equipment to meet client
requirements. Its product and
service range includes the
design and manufacture of air,
mixed gas and saturation diving
equipment, marine winches,
certified man-rider winches and
subsea equipment.
UMG recently released
a wide range of products,
including the Trelleborg prod-
ucts, EMCE Winches, Kongs-
This second cased hole test
in the Oligocene further rein-
forces our view that Kurdamir
is a giant discovery, said
Western Zagros CEO, Simon
Hatfield. It is apparent that the
intervals tested have excellent
permeability and, with optimally
designed well completions to
isolate the gas cap, are expected
to yield oil production rates
far in excess of the currently
constrained rates.
Rig count booming
on Iraq E&P activity
The Global rig count for
November 2012 has fallen to
3,460 from 3,683 year-on-year.
The Middle East regional
count rose sharply from 308 to
394 over the year, however this
was primarily caused by the
inclusion of Iraq into the survey.
16 rigs were added to Africas
count in the like-for-like annual
summary, while Latin America
saw a 24 rig count decline.
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REGIONAL NEWS
Kurdistan operators collect pay
Operators in KRG areas confirm receipt of overdue payments from regional Government
The Kurdistan Regional Govern-
ment (KRG) has this month
paid its outstanding payments
to a number of companies oper-
ating in the Kurdistan Region.
The KRG has paid DNO
International ASA, Dana Gas
and Genel Energy Plc. for their
exploration and production
work.
Dana Gas confirmed that it
has received $120 million for
its joint venture, of which it
will retain its 40% share of $48
million, with the remaining 60%
to be paid to its partners.
We are pleased to receive
this payment and are working
with the Kurdistan Regional
Government to further address
the outstanding receivables,
said Rashid Al-Jarwan, execu-
tive director and acting chief
executive officer of Dana Gas.
DNO International ASA has
also confirmed that it received
a payment of $160 million
from the KRG. The company
will transfer $44 million to its
Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, executive chairman of DNO International ASA.
Dr. Adel Khalid Al-Sabeeh, chairman.
also confirmed that TTOPCO
has received $160 million in
partial payment for historic
export revenues from the
Taq Taq field in the Kurdistan
Region.
Genel Energys share of the
payment is $88 million.
The payments from the KRG
were given after the regional
government and the federal
government of Iraq struck an
agreement in September to
settle a dispute over payments
after the KRG agreed to continue
exports and the federal govern-
ment agreed to pay foreign
companies working there.
There was some concern-
over payments particularly in
October when Genel announced
that it would halt exports if it did
not receive payments in a timely
manner.
Payments were made in
early October and exports
from the KRG continued to rise
throughout the remainder of
the year.
Dana Gas board agrees on Sukuk renancing
Dana Gas will refinance its $1
billion Sukuk which matured
at the end of October this year.
The transaction will reduce
outstanding debt to $850 million
through a $70 million cash pay
down and cancellation of $80
million owned by the company.
The remaining $850 million
will be split into two $425 million
tranches. One will be an ordi-
nary Sukuk and the other, a
convertible Sukuk, each with a
partner Genel Energy Plc.
DNO International execu-
tive chairman, Bijan Mossavar-
Rahmani, echoed the senti-
ments saying We are pleased
to receive this latest payment as
we continue to increase produc-
tion capacity at Tawke and
develop our other Kurdistan
discoveries.
Previous payments to DNO
International were received in
September 2011 for $60 million
and June 2011 for $104 million,
bringing the total received from
Baghdad for exports to $280
million.
In addition to the $44 million
received on its behalf by DNO
International, Genel Energy has
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term financing. The average
profit rate of the two new
Sukuks is 8%, a slight rise from
the existing Sukuk profit rate
of 7.5%.
We believe that the terms
being announced today repre-
sent a comprehensive, long-
term solution which balances
the interests of all stakeholders,
said Dr. Adel Khalid Al-Sabeeh,
chairman of the board.
Wartsila to deliver
LNG powered PSV
Marine solutions and services
provider, Wartsila, has been
contracted for its ship design
services and power and propul-
sion system services for an
LNG powered Platform Supply
Vessel.
The company will deliver a
vessel of Wartsila VS4411 LNG
PSV design to be owned and
operated by Siem Offshore on a
charter contract for Total.
REGIONAL NEWS
Abu Dhabi National Energy
Company PJSC (TAQA) has
acquired a 53.2% interest in the
Atrush block in the Kurdistan
region of Iraq from General
Exploration Partners, Inc., an
affiliate of Aspect Holdings.
Carl Sheldon, chief executive
officer of TAQA, said: Atrush
is a highly prospective block in
a new growth area with signifi-
cant upside potential.
This entry into a pure
exploration play demonstrates
how TAQA is leveraging its
experience as an operator of
complex oil and gas assets. It
fits our strategy to build on the
UAEs strong bilateral bonds
in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA), and to become
an operator of scale in the
markets we choose to compete
in, said Sheldon.
The acquisition of the block
which TAQA aims to operate is
expected to close in December
2012, subject to consent by the
Carl Sheldon is the chief executive officer of Abu Dhabis TAQA.
partners and the Kurdistan
Regional Government.
David Cook, executive officer
and head of oil & gas, said: The
addition of Atrush to TAQAs oil
and gas portfolio is perfectly in
line with our growth strategy.
This opportunity builds on our
capabilities, and underscores
our ability to evolve TAQAs
operating position in the MENA
region.
The acquisition closely
follows TAQAs disposal of its
stake in WesternZagros. TAQA
purchased 74 million common
shares in WesternZagros for
a total of CDN$46.6 million
in October 2011 and sold its
interest in a single block trade
prior to the opening of the
TSX Venture Exchange on 30
November for a total consid-
eration of CDN$85.1 million.
Prior to the disposal, TAQA
held 17.98% of WesternZa-
gros issued and outstanding
common shares.
TAQA buys up
Atrush interest
TAQA takes majority interest in KRG block
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REGIONAL NEWS
FEI delivers onsite drill analyzer
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FEI has delivered the
QEMSCAN WellSite analysis
system to Kirk Petrophysics
who will use it to provide onsite
analysis of drill cores in oil and
gas drilling operations.
The technology will reduce
analytical turnaround from
several days or weeks to just a
few hours after the drill cores
are retrieved from the core
barrels or sidewall coring tools.
Our QEMSCAN WellSite
systems are now used in the
petroleum industry, not only to
evaluate drill cuttings in mud
logging units, but also for onsite
analysis of core samples, said
Paul Scagnetti, vice president
and general manager of FEIs
Natural Resources Business
Unit.
The automated mineralogy
capability provided by the
QEMSCAN WellSite solution is
designed to increase the speed
and accuracy of our core anal-
ysis.
In addition to microscopic
mineralogy information, it can
also provide two-dimensional
porosity measurements and
textural detail for lithological
classification, which is valu-
able characterization informa-
tion, said Jean-Valery Garcia,
managing director of Kirk
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Kentz wins fresh Iraq contracts
$55 million orders from new contracts commit Kentz to four more busy years in Iraq
Kentz Corp., the holding
company of Kentz engineering
and construction group, has
been awarded three individual,
reimbursable, service contracts
in Iraq with a total value approx-
imately $55 million, through
its Technical Support Services
business unit.
Kentz will be working on
both new and existing upstream
facilities, based in the Basra and
Baghdad areas.
Kentz will provide services
over the next three to four
years to oversee development
of in-plant process facilities
and infrastructure to produc-
tion capacity of approximately
250,000 bpd of oil and 300
million standard cubic feet of
gas.
The scope of services to
be provided include project
management, front end engi-
neering, procurement and
installation supervision support
for three oil and gas facilities.
Mike Murphy, chief oper-
ating officer of Technical
Support Services for Kentz.
commenting on the contracts,
said, Iraq has the third largest
proven oil reserves in the world
and Kentz is well positioned to
support key clients through
in-country resources and a
proven track-record of delivery, Mike Murphy, COO for Kentz Corp.
backed up by a global supply
network of engineering and
procurement resources.
We are delighted to have
been awarded a succession of
new contracts in Iraq, which
underpin our continued focus on
the Middle East region and the
opportunity that we highlighted
to the market, he added.
The company already has a
general enegineering contract
with Lukoil in the West Qurna of
Iraq to provide civil designs for
earthworks including well pads,
piling and foundation design for
rigs and installations and for
designing and upgrading roads
and canal crossings.
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NEWS IN DEPTH
As Glasspoint's Oman project completes
construction, supermajor Shell steps
up with minority ownership stake
G
lassPoint Solar, widely
regarded as the leader
in solar enhanced oil
recovery (EOR), an-
nounced in December it had
closed a US$26 million Series
B financing round.
The round included partici-
pation from a new strategic
investor, Royal Dutch Shell
plc group, as well as leading
energy investors Rock-
Port Capital,Nth Power and
Chrysalix Energy Venture
Capital, an existing investor.
The funding is a key next step
to future large-scale deploy-
ment of GlassPoints solar
steam technology in EOR
projects around the world.
GlassPoints unique design
Shell's $26m
Solar Stake
eration in regions of the world
where gas is a scarce and
expensive commodity. The
natural gas that is saved and
not burned for EOR applica-
tions can be used for higher
value applications such as
power generation, desalina-
tion, industrial development
and exported as LNG.
We are delighted that Shell
and some of Silicon Valleys
most prominent energy inves-
encloses parabolic troughs
inside a glasshouse structure,
which protects the system
from high winds and seals
the solar collectors from dust,
dirt, sand and humidity.
The protected environment
enables the use of ultralight,
low-cost reflective materials
and automated washing equip-
ment, further reducing costs
and water use.
Furthermore, GlassPoint
steam generators are
designed to use the same
low-quality boiler water as
once-through steam genera-
tors, the industrys current
best practices, eliminating the
need for costly water pretreat-
ment.
Thermal EOR is a proven
technique to facilitate the
recovery of heavy oil that
is too thick to pump to the
surface using conventional
means. High-pressure steam is
injected underground in order
to raise the temperature of the
oil and change its consistency
from that of molasses to that
of water. Normally, the steam
is generated by burning very
large amounts of natural gas,
but in the GlassPoint system,
the steam is generated by
concentrating sunlight onto
pipes that contain water. This
approach to EOR may signif-
icantly reduce the amount
of natural gas used for EOR,
which is an important consid-
Glasspoint solar EOR technology
projects in California and Oman
have impressed investors.
7 MW
Glasspoint has recently nished
construction phase of a 7MW
solar EOR pilot in Oman.
Source: Glasspoint
NEWS IN DEPTH
tors chose to participate in
this round of funding, said
Rod MacGregor, CEO of
GlassPoint. We believe this
investment validates our busi-
ness and technical approach
of creating solar solutions
specifically for the oil and gas
industry.
Geert van de Wouw, Fund
Manager, Shell Technology
Ventures, said: Our deci-
sion to invest in GlassPoint
is further underpinned by
the extensive definition and
assessment work undertaken
by Petroleum Development
Oman (PDO), a joint venture
between the Government of
Oman, Shell, Total and Partex,
with a 7 MW solar project field
pilot in Oman.
Van de Wouw added:
The collaboration with
GlassPoint and PDO repre-
sents an exciting opportunity
to leverage an innovative tech-
nology which aims to use the
full potential of solar power
in the oil and gas industry.
We are looking forward to
the outcome of the solar trial
which, if successful, can help
to optimize oil recovery and
avoid the use of valuable
natural gas in Thermal EOR
projects. At GlassPoint we
believe in creating in-country
value wherever we do busi-
ness, said Rod MacGregor,
CEO of GlassPoint. To
support our projects we
aim to create local facto-
ries generating employment
and demand for local goods
and services like steel and
aluminum.
GlassPoint unveiled the
first commercial solar EOR
project at a 100-year old oil
field operated by Berry Petro-
leum in California in 2011.
The company has recently
completed contstruction and
begun commissioning and
testing at 7 MW field trial
project in Southern Oman
together with PDO.
Speaking exclusively
to Oil & Gas Middle East
in December MacGregor
revealed the Oman project
finished construction phase a
couple of months ago and has
been going through commis-
sioning, due to be operation-
ally complete, on time this
month.
2012 has been a hugely
exciting year for Glasspoint.
Obviously there is the project
in Oman which is very
exciting, but also its become
increasingly clear from the
conversations were having in
the region that EOR is going
to play a hugely significant
role in oil production of the
Middle East.
Kuwait and Bahrain
have now joined the EOR
bandwagon, and of course
Oman is already there. It is
now common and accepted
knowledge that thermal
EOR is going to play an
ever increasing role in the
Middle Eastern picture, said
MacGregor.
Another thing which is
emerging is, with the excep-
tion of Qatar, a gas crisis in
many countries as demand
expands quicker than new
supply, and that situation is
broadly going to persist.
Its essentially the perfect
storm for us, as heavy oil
production requires steam,
in an environment where gas
is becoming more scarce,
and there is an abundance of
sunshine. The combination is
almost perfect for our solu-
tion, and the regional poten-
tial is huge, he said.
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The Glasspoint parabolic troughs are housed in a greenhouse to increase thermal efciency and keep dust at bay.
POWER GENERATION
M
anufacturers and
service providers
for temporary power
generation for up-
stream E&P activities say that
most oil and gas companies
remained focused on updating
and retaining existing products
in their fleet rather than procure
new equipment throughout
2012, a trend expected to con-
tinue through this year.
For upstream clients the con-
tinuous supply of power is abso-
lutely vital. In a way, the spe-
cific nature of supplying power
to upstream or offshore plants
means firms have to ensure
products are top spec, as the
alternative a major power out-
age simply isnt an option.
The major point to be con-
sidered is the reliability and
uninterrupted supply of power,
said Mostafa Al-Guezeri, presi-
dent, ABB Transmission &
Distribution. A failure of power
cant be afforded, because it
GENERATION
GAME
Fixed and mobile power generation
specialists talk to Oil & Gas Middle East
about the trends dominating upstream
project power provision
POWER GENERATION
could lead to stoppage of off-
shore oil or gas exploration
process and result at least in
significant decrease of indus-
trial productivity and major loss
in revenue. Additionally the
space constraints are a chal-
lenge for power generation in
an offshore facility for exam-
ple. Al-Guezeri explains ABB
employs a resolute approach in
the power generation segment
to optimise customised solu-
tions, which have been
devel-
oped
on the basis of experience and
know-how developed over dec-
ades. In power and water pro-
duction and distribution pro-
cesses, we are capable of pro-
viding everything related to
the electrical (at all voltage lev-
els), control, instrumentation,
communication aspect of the
generation process, plant man-
agement and optimization solu-
tions either as a turnkey solu-
tion or stand-alone packages.
Selectively, we also provide
mechanical balance of plant
including civil scope for the
power generation plant, he
added.
Terry McGuire, gen-
eral manager of power
and industrial, Famco (Al-
Futtaim Auto & Machinery and
Co) explains how the last few
years have witnessed a paradig-
matic shift in behaviour within
the power transmission field:
The market is becoming more
challenging due to the current
economic situation the influx
of low-cost product and the fact
that contracting companies are
maintaining instead of replac-
ing existing stock. The trend
previously was to replace gen-
erator sets after three years,
whereas now, maintenance pro-
grammes are becoming more
prevalent, he said.
Another trend according to
Al-Guezeri is utilising hybrid
power to ensure consistent
power supply, in the event of
maintenance to the plant. Tem-
porary power is practically only
for smaller production capac-
ity. Smaller engines are less
efficient than larger machines.
Unless it is in a remote area far
away from a grid/network, tem-
porary power generation solu-
tions may not be a viable solu-
tion. Considering the efficiency
and OPEX of such plants we
foresee more usage of hybrid
power plants using solar. Cur-
rently ABB is one of the world
leaders in providing turn-
key solutions for such power
plants.
As a result, McGuire iden-
tifies rental companies, con-
tracting companies and then
exports as the strongest sec-
tor within the power generation
and transmission market.
There has still been some
encouraging signs in the mar-
ket over in 2012, and in the
second-half in particular. Most
recently, Malaysias Petronas
issued a tender for the con-
struction of a major gas-fired
power plant at the Gharraf
oil field in southern Iraq. The
Terry McGuire, general manager of power and industrial, Famco.
The trend previously was to
replace generator sets after
three years, whereas now,
maintenance programmes
are becoming more
prevalent
Terry McGuire, general manager, Famco
POWER GENERATION
approaches this: ABB takes
safety very seriously, we con-
tinue to be a technology driven
company so our research and
development are focused on
developing the equipment and
systems without compromis-
ing on safety. Our products go
through numerous tests for
fitness and suitability for the
application. ABB has developed
specific applications for this and
it is a default feature in Distrib-
uted Control Systems (DCS)
and Programmable Logic Con-
trollers (PLC) system and
solutions.
But it is not just safety that
presents a challenge to compa-
nies in the power transmission
sector. A significant amount
of the electricity generated in
power stations never reaches its
intended destination because
of losses that occur during its
transmission and distribution.
ABB as a result has developed
technology to increase the
efficiency of the power supply
system, optimising power gen-
eration, facilitating the reliable
transmission of large amounts
of power with minimal losses,
and working to monitor, regu-
lated and improve distribution
networks.
Even more so, there are less
tangible challenges facing the
sector, which have less to do
with the energy efficiency, and
everything to do with adapting
to changing customer habits,
as has been noted with the shift
to maintenance programmes
as opposed to procuring new
stock.
This hasnt prevented
McGuire looking at wider mar-
kets outside the UAE. We have
an authorised distribution ship
for Himoinsa in Qatar with
plans to expand across the Gulf
region. Also we have author-
ised a distribution ship for Yan-
mar in Qatar, Oman and the
African region.
ABB is pursuing a similar
GCC-wide policy and is also
looking further afield even.
ABB is committed to devel-
oping and deploying the lat-
est technologies to make cus-
tomers more competitive by
enhancing power capacity,
increasing reliability, improving
energy efficiency and lowering
environmental impact. We are
actively present in all Middle
East countries and we expect
major power projects com-
ing up there. And we do work
with major developers and EPC
companies in the Iraq market.
We have done EPC projects in
the northern part of Iraq, said
Al-Guezeri.
We have the technology
to provide the electrical infra-
structure and we have a long-
term vision to serve the region
with increasing localisation. We
have an amazing heritage of
development and innovation in
power technologies and at the
same time we are leaders in
industrial automation and elec-
120MW captive power plant
will provide power to upstream
activities by the end of 2014.
In September, the state
operator, Kuwait Oil Company
(KOC) awarded a $200 million
lump-sum engineering procure-
ment and construction (EPC) to
Petrofac for a new power distri-
bution network in the north of
Kuwait. Petrofac will build three
substation buildings and lay
around 900 kilometres of cables
to connect the substations to the
electrical distribution system
(ESPS) network.
An ESPS network efficates
the flow of crude oil from a res-
ervoir or wellhead when natural
pressure is insufficient to force
oil to the surface. Upon comple-
tion in 2015, the new project will
provide a more robust power
supply in support of the devel-
opment of the onshore oil fields
in the north of the emirate.
Such examples of supplying
power generating equipment to
energy installations bring with
it inherent safety concerns.
Al-Guezeri clarifies how ABB
UAE oil storage facilities at Fujairah require upstream rated power generators during maintenance.
Ali Al Barrak of Saudi Electric Co.
The major point to be
considered is the reliability
and uninterrupted supply of
power
Mostafa Al-Guezeri, president, ABB Transmission & Distribution
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trical grid software applications.
This combination is very valua-
ble for our customers to provide
complete solution, he added.
Employing such solutions
for the upstream sector often
requires operating in remote
and isolated locations. To that
end, ABB utilise off-grid solu-
tions; based on the power
requirement round the clock on
such locations, where custom-
ised solutions need to be devel-
oped. Such solutions in the com-
panys portfolio include solar,
wind, diesel generation and
wave power.
The allure of oil & gas, be
it from a political or financial
driver means there will be no
end of upstream oil & gas pro-
jects launched in the region over
the coming years the issue of
the third round of licenses in
Iraq was announced in early
October is a case in point. As
was the announcement by KOC
in November that it planned to
invest $56 billion on domestic oil
and gas projects over the next
five years to meet rising global
demand. It said that oil produc-
tion capacity will rise to 3.65
million barrels per day by 2020,
up from 3 million currently.
In a note to investors, Reuters
reported that Brent oil price
was to average $121/bl in 2013,
and forecast an average of $120/
bl in 2014. No doubt social and
political unrest as seen in 2012
and its threat for 2013 will keep
upward pressure on prices.
Lastly, with these rising oil
and gas prices, not to mention
an ever increasing population,
however, the question will inevi-
tably rise of renewable or other
alternative sources of energy
as those in the market look
to secure energy sources for
the plethora of major projects
underway in the region it is
understood that Saudi Arabia
itself needs 31,000 MW of addi-
tional power generating capac-
ity by 2020. Going forward,
new approaches to power gen-
eration, be it solar or combined-
cycle technology could be ask-
ing the next big questions, and
firms such as ABB, Siemens
and GE Oil & Gas will have to
provide the answers.
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OIL FIELD GET TOGETHER
The ever-popular Oil Field Get Together was brought
to you by vehicle specialist Kamaz Export and Ruths
Chris Steak House as a busy 2012 drew to an end
DUBAI OFG
T
he Ruths Chris Steak House
monthly Oil Field Get-togethers
at the restaurants Middle East
HQ in The H hotel Dubai is
proving the must-attend event for the
UAEs oil proffessionals. The Oil Field
Get-together kicked up another notch
in late November, with a whole host
of industry stalwarts battering down
the doors at Ruths Chris Steak House
to enjoy great food and company, and
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FACTS AND STATS
Location: Ruths Chris Steak
House in the newly renamed H
hotel (formerly the Monarch)
Attendees: 100
OIL FIELD GET TOGETHER
a raft of networking opportunities. The
event, sponsored by Kamaz Export, con-
tinues to set the bar for local industry net-
working events. Most of the regions key
upstream companies sent representatives,
and many competitors found themselves
waxing lyrical about market conditions in
a convivial and relaxed setting.
The main reason for the sponsorship
was obviously to promote our brand, the
best way to do that in Dubai is through
social networking the OFG event is an
excellent format to convey your sales mes-
sage in a relaxed informal atmosphere,
said Adrain Hockley, matrketing director
at Kamaz Export.
The event is extremely well organised
and is becoming a must go to event on the
Oil & Gas industry calender. The location
and food are also very good indeed. We
have had nothing but positive feed back
from the event, added Hockley.
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WHOS WHO AT THE DUBAI OIL
FIELD GET TOGETHER?
1 Timur Khayrutdinov of sponsor Kamaz with
Romika Fazeli (In Red) with the team from RF
Event & Model Management.
2 Faisal Naseeb and Azmat Rana of KHF
Trading.
3 Lucy Atherton of GT Fairway and Sarah
Mather of Taylor Wessing.
4 Muhammed Ali, Rafail V Gafeev,Timur
Khayrutdinov, Adrian Hockley, Kamaz.
5 Hamdan Mohamed Al Morshedi, chairman
of the Arab Business Club.
6 Cem Monur, Freudenberg Oil & Gas with
guest.
7 Timur Khayrutdinov and Adrian Hockley of
sponsor Kamaz.
8 Romika Fazeli (centre) with the team from
RF Event & Model Management.
9 RJade Tregilgas of Upstream Global Recruit-
ment, Simon Geering of Baker Hughes
with Kathy Geering, managing director at
Upstream Global Recruitment.
TECH FOCUS
Tendekas Garth Naldrett and Tor Inge sen explore the
implications for operators of adopting wireless technology
for downhole monitoring
THE WIRELESS
WAY AHEAD
TECH FOCUS
T
he trend of increasing
wellbore complexity for
extended reservoir con-
tact, and greater reser-
voir heterogeneity, are demand-
ing improved monitoring and
control solutions. Traditionally
the only option has been the de-
ployment of a cabled system
but this limits the application of
intelligent well technology to
new installations or workovers.
In any case, cabled systems are
not always possible in new in-
stallations, especially where the
completion is discontinuous, and
slim hole or monobore comple-
tions may not allow cables to be
deployed along the tubing string.
Wireless technology is prov-
ing a more flexible alternative
to addressing the issues of per-
manent downhole monitoring.
One product, Tendekas wire-
less gauge, which has been suc-
cessfully deployed in the North
Sea, allows real time flowing bot-
tom hole pressure (FBHP) to
be efficiently transmitted to sur-
face, an attractive option for wells
where the cabled gauge system
has failed, or was not initially
installed. Originally designed to
3.5, the company has produced
a 2.25 version which has trialled
successfully in the North Sea
and is expected to have a wider
global appeal
sion proved effective. Even if
the well starts to significantly
deplete while the wireless
downhole gauge is installed the
gauge itself will modify its pres-
sure pulsing method to ensure
a detectable pulse train is trans-
mitted to surface.
The wireless gauge is una-
ble to transmit signals in a non-
flowing or shut-in well because
a flow regime is required to pro-
duce the pressure pulses. The
tool can record PBU (pressure
build up) data during shut-in
periods, and once well produc-
tion is restarted the stored data
can be transmitted to surface.
During this actual installation,
there were periods of shut in
while surface maintenance was
conducted. The tool success-
fully recognized the shut in
BENEFITS OF WIRELESS
TECHNOLOGY
The system transmits data from
the lower completion to the sur-
face via pressure pulses. A novel
tool design allows the wells pro-
duction to be partially choked
for a very short time to cre-
ate a pressure pulse, which is
detectable on the surface pres-
sure gauge. The wells energy
is used to transmit data to sur-
face, thereby reducing power
consumption, and the system
requires no additional surface
installation or pickup, since an
existing tubing head pressure
gauge can be used to detect
the pulse train. For most opera-
tors, the system can be deployed
by a single intervention, allow-
ing highly accurate data to be
sourced almost instantaneously
for a fraction of the cost of a re-
completion.
Compared with a memory
gauge system, it allows data to
be collected in real time and
provides a continuous confir-
mation of operation. The gauge
can be set in blank pipe, giving
optimal freedom for installation
depth, and it can be installed as
close to the producing interval as
required.
A significant benefit of using
pressure pulse transmission is
the ease of installation. No ret-
rofitting of topside equipment is
required, and many of the tech-
nical and contractual
issues when
introduc-
ing
a new monitoring system are
avoided.

SUCCESSFUL
DEPLOYMENT
A major operator in the North
Sea retrofitted the 3.5 wireless
pressure and temperature gauge
at 2,200m in a low pressure (32
bar) gas well offshore Norway.
The existing wellhead pressure
sensor was used to capture the
wireless signal and extract the
data, therefore no extra infra-
structure was required.
The application was espe-
cially challenging as the well
was a marginal producer and
the wellhead pressure had large
background pressure variations
due to the limited well deliver-
ability. Despite these condi-
tions, pressure pulse transmis-
Figure 1: Comparisons of topside decoded data to Wireless Gauge internal
log and third party memory gauge.
P decoded
(Wireless gauge)
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(Wireless gauge)
P (Omega mem-
ory gauge)
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proving a more exible
alternative to addressing the
issues of permanent downhole
monitoring and is increasingly
an attractive option
TECH FOCUS
events and entered its power
saving hibernation mode. When
the well resumed production,
the technology re-activated itself
and the first telegrams transmit-
ted following the restart, gave
accurate shut in pressure data
to surface.
Figure 1 (on page 27) shows
a comparison between the top-
side wellhead decoded data and
the data sent from the tool itself.
A third party memory gauge was
installed as back-up below the
wireless gauge to confirm pres-
sure readings. It shows the read-
ings to be accurate.
This application, and two oth-
ers undertaken at the time, dem-
onstrated that the system func-
tions not only in oil wells, but
also in gas wells and wells with a
high gas/oil ratio. It was demon-
strated that the wireless gauge
could function in wells with slug
flow and high levels of pres-
sure/noise variations on sur-
face. During shut in periods the
tool successfully recorded the
shut in data and transmitted it
to surface when production was
resumed. The 2.25 version of
the gauge was recently success-
fully tested in another gas well in
the North Sea.

WIDE RANGING
APPLICATION
The downhole pressure tem-
perature gauge can operate in
water injection wells, where a
back pressure is created instead
on the injection fluid, which gen-
erates a pressure pulse train on
the surface.
A recent development in the
wireless technology products
now also allows the measure-
ment of injection rate. By meas-
uring the pressure drop across a
modified venturi an accurate flow
rate can be calculated. Flow loop
testing has verified the method
is extremely accurate when used
in single phase fluids, such as
with water injection applications.
This allows the gauge to be run
between injection intervals,
reporting on the pressure, tem-
perature and rate split between
zones. The information is then
transmitted to the surface using
wireless telemetry.

ACTIVATION SYSTEMS
The susceptibility of downhole
mechanical pressure counting
activation mechanisms to debris
ingress has resulted in numer-
Wireless-tech provides effective data transfers to and from bottomhole.
ous in-well failures of these sys-
tems. Using a built in pressure
transducer, the wireless tech-
nology is able to detect pressure
pulses from the surface. Unlike
mechanical systems, which
become jammed when covered
in debris, electronic systems
are still able to register pressure
changes applied from surface
even through a few meters of
barite or other wellbore debris.
Furthermore electronic systems
are fully programmable to detect
a pressure sequence that cannot
be accidentally created in nor-
mal operations. In the event of
pressure pulse transmission not
reaching the tool the electron-
ics can be programmed to acti-
vate at a preset time interval.
The final backup is an acoustic
pickup, which receives a signal
from a downhole tool hundreds
of meters away.
Two systems have been
developed based on the surface
to bottom hole wireless commu-
nication. The first allows the
opening of a completion plug
without intervention. The devel-
opment was driven by an oper-
ating company struggling to
recover completion plugs after
high pressure stimulation from
above. It is suspected the high
differential pressure across the
plug causes sufficient deforma-
tion for the completion plug to
become permanently attached
to the nipple profile. In the
replacement wireless system,
rather than recovering the com-
pletion plug, the wireless plug
The downhole pressure
temperature gauge can operate
in water injection wells, where
a back pressure is created
instead on the injection uid,
which generates a pressure
pulse train on the surface
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Unlike mechanical systems, electronic varients register pressure changes through thick debris and wont get jammed.
opens its flow ports in response
to the programmed signature,
allowing production or injection
to take place across the device.
This not only saves the single
wireline run to recover the plug,
but a potentially large fishing
operation for plugs that have
become permanently fixed to
the nipple profile.
The second wireless activa-
tion system provides a remote
firing signal for downhole bar-
rier plugs, providing a reliable
alternative to the suppliers
mechanical ratchet style activa-
tion. Downhole barrier plugs
are especially susceptible to
debris since any fallout while
running the upper completion
ends up on top of the barrier
plug and around its mechani-
cal activation port. The wire-
less pressure monitoring sys-
tem does not suffer from these
problems. It has a substantially
charged pressure chamber
which is released to activate
the barrier plug on receipt of
the appropriate signaling from
surface.

INFLOW CONTROL
The latest developments in wire-
less technology now allow these
systems to operate inflow con-
trol valves. This will bring with
it a change in the way operating
companies design, test, stimu-
late and operate maximum res-
ervoir contact wells. Locations
that could not previously be con-
trolled can now be using wireless
signaling. Combing lower com-
pletion technology, incorporat-
ing zonal isolation packers and
inflow control devices, with that
of the wireless downhole devices
allows new methods of reservoir
inflow control to be developed.
As each wireless inflow control
valve is autonomous no cabling
is required between devices,
allowing a large cost saving in
control lines and downhole con-
nectors. Drillers are also offered
more flexibility in rotating the
completion while running in hole
without risking damage to exter-
nally strapped control lines.

CONCLUSION
The wireless retrofittable down-
hole pressure and tempera-
ture gauge provides a reliable
and cost-effective alternative to
cabled systems, and avoids the
need for a workover for installa-
tion. Data can be transmitted to
and from the wireless devices,
allowing operation in a monitor-
ing or control scenario.
Wireless telemetry is equally
effective for transmitting data
from bottom hole to surface,
or from surface to bottom hole.
Top down communication allows
more effective wireless activa-
tion devices to be developed for
stimulation control, or for con-
trolling downhole barrier plugs.
Wireless inflow control valves
will enable completely new and
novel methods for completing
complex wells at lower cost, less
disruption and lower drilling
risk.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Garth Naldrett
Vice President Monitoring
and Control Garth Naldrett
joined Tendeka through the
acquisition of FloQuest in
2009, a business he founded
in 2006. Prior to joining
Tendeka, Garth held various
positions within Schlumberger
including product champion
for fibre optic monitoring and
project engineer for subsea
monitoring. With 15 years oil
and gas industry experience
Garth brings knowledge
in completions, reservoir
monitoring and interpretation.
Garth holds a BSc in Electronic
Engineering from the University
of Cape Town and an MSc in
Electrical Engineering also from
the University of Cape Town.
Tor Inge sen
Team Leader Wireless
development Tor Inge sen
joined Tendeka through the
acquisition of Well Technology
in 2007, a business he joined in
2005. Prior to joining Tendeka,
Tor Inge held a position as
project engineer at Well
Technology and R&D engineer
at Simrad. With six years oil
and gas industry experience
Tor Inge brings knowledge
in reservoir monitoring and
control. Tor Inge holds a BSc in
Electronic Engineering from the
University of Stavanger.
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THE POWER LIST
T
he second edition of the Oil & Gas Mid-
dle East Power 50 list sees the top spot
claimed by a Saudi Arabian this year, how-
ever the number of people with ties to the
Iraqi upstream sector who have burst into
the power list for the first time shows just
how dynamic and important that country
will be to the industry for the coming decades.
2012 was one of the most significant years for the regional
oil and gas industry in living memory. Huge strides have been
taken in Iraq, and multi-billion dollar investments in Saudi Ara-
bia, the UAE and Qatar have proven that capacity upgrade
building and the ability to turn on the taps has had a globally
important role in calming global markets and bringing the
world back from the brink of a second economic crisis.
Oil & Gas Middle East profiles the decision makers, min-
isters, moguls and managers who are shaping the regions
upstream landscape more than anyone else. In a sector where
the distinctions between a CEO and a politician can blur, there
are once again a few surprises in the mix.
As 2012 drew to a close, Saudi Aramcos chief exec, and our
Power 50 number 1, Khalid Al Falih confirmed a $35 billion
upstream investment splurge which will kick off this year and
all be spent by 2017. If a budget of $7 billion to invest in project
and upgrades a year to the worlds largest oil reserves isnt
true power, then were not sure what is.
THE POWER
OIL & GAS MIDDLE EAST
PRESENTS THE FIFTY MOST INFLUENTIAL DECISION MAKERS
IN THE REGIONAL UPSTREAM BUSINESS
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KHALID AL-FALIH
PRESIDENT AND CEO
SAUDI ARAMCO
1
A
l-Falih, who has held the
top spot at Aramco since
1 January 2009, sits at the
head of the largest oil com-
pany by value in the world.
With a workforce of around
60,000, crude oil reserves of
260 billion barrels of oil and
revenues of between $2 and
$7 trillion in 2010, the super-
latives just keep on coming
for Saudi Aramco. It is also
widely believed to be the
most profitable company in
the world.
Earlier this year, Al-Falih
announced Aramcos plans to
invest $35 billion into restruc-
turing the company.
Falih is keen for Aramco
to capture more of the value
chain from the oil it pro-
duces, and eventually become
an integrated petrochemi-
cals and refining hub for key
Asian markets as the industry
trends shift over the next few
decades. The company has
also been changing its priori-
ties in response to the advent
of unconventional explora-
tion, halting further invest-
ment in adding production
capacity. Aramco is also look-
ing to expand internationally.
The banner project of this
Accelerated Transformation
Programme, under which
Aramco hopes to become
the worlds largest integrated
energy company, is a mas-
sive $20 billion joint venture
with Dow Chemical, with the
Yanbu export refinery expan-
sion and $7 billion Jizan refin-
ery also sparking huge ten-
dering activity.
Al-Falih also sits on the
Saudi Arabia Supreme Coun-
cil of Petroleum and Mineral
Affairs.
We plan to
invest $35
billion over
the next ve
years in crude
oil exploration
and
development
THE POWER
OIL & GAS MIDDLE EAST
PRESENTS THE FIFTY MOST INFLUENTIAL DECISION MAKERS
IN THE REGIONAL UPSTREAM BUSINESS
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I
raqs rise to become one of the most
dominant players in the regional energy
sector over the coming decades is a
widely anticipated trend within the indus-
try. There are still some major challenges
ahead for Al-Sharistani, such as the devel-
opment of a fully functioning energy infra-
structure.
But a recent IEA special report pro-
jected that Iraq could contribute as much
as 5.6 mbpd to the global oil supply by
2035 and it stands to gain $5 trillion in
revenue from oil exports over the period
to 2035.
The softly-spoken State of Law party
member and ex nuclear scientist Hussain
al-Sharistani is responsible for the fastest
growing and potentially largest hydro-
carbons industry on earth, one that once
developed may supplant Saudi Arabia as
the worlds swing producer of oil.
Sharistani drafted the first incarnation
of Iraqs infamous oil laws. As these sty-
mied amid opposition from Kurdish politi-
cians, he forged Baghdads obdurate atti-
tude to Kurdistans production sharing
contracts, one that survives to this day
and has exacerbated the division between
the Kurdish region and the rest of Iraq.
Observers and industry experts all
point out that the constitutional dispute
between Baghdad and Erbil over the
PSCs has been a deterrent for oil compa-
nies looking to operate in Kurdistan but
are afraid that such agreements with the
regional government could be void in the
future.
However, amid the mire of Iraqi poli-
tics, Sharistani who suffered years of
imprisonment and torture at the hands of
the Baathist regime is widely reported
to be incorruptible. This virtue will be use-
ful in Sharistanis interim tenure at the
Department for Electricity, where contract-
ing debacles and a pitiful lack of progress
prompted the sacking of Raad Shalal.
A
few words from Al-Naimi can move
global oil markets. The Saudi Oil min-
ister commands the largest volume of
spare oil producing capacity in the world.
Its become trite to say that, whoever
chairs OPEC, its Saudi via Al-Naimi
that calls the shots.
Al-Naimi holds years of experience in
the industry, having worked his way up
the ranks in Saudi Aramco from errand
boy to CEO. There he improved the
companys efficiency and maintained the
national oil companys exclusive rights to
the countrys upstream sector, even when
low prices and the need to invest heavily
in new Saudi engineering talent made the
approaches of supermajors tempting.
Earlier this year, Al-Naimi announced
plans to transform Saudi Arabia into down-
stream exporter. Currently, we control
8% of the global petrochemical market,
he said at Saudi Downstream Forum in
March 2012.
By 2015, our market share will be 15%,
allowing the Kingdom to be the third larg-
est petrochemical exporter in the world,
he said earlier last year.
Currently, Saudi Arabia exports crude
and raw products only to have it refined
and re-imported into the Kingdom as fin-
ished products, but the proposed indus-
try shift will allow the country to become
more independent while providing jobs
for its booming population.
3
HUSSAIN AL-SHARISTANI
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
IRAQ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ALI BIN IBRAHIM AL-NAIMI
MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

2
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A
bdullah Nasser al-Suwaids
appointment as director gen-
eral of the Abu Dhabi National
Oil Company (ADNOC) by His
Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin
Zayed al-Nayan, President of the
United Arab Emirates, came at a
crucial time for the company.
ADNOC is currently looking
to renegotiate long-running key
contracts with supermajors oper-
ating its major oil fields.
ExxonMobil, Shell, Total and
others are seeking to extend
oil production contracts in Abu
Dhabi.
The Emirate is planning to
spend as much as $60 billion over
the next decade to expand its oil
and gas industry, including boost-
ing crude production capacity
to 3.5 million barrels a day from
about 2.8 million now.
Exxon Mobil and Shell are
concession-holders in ADNOCs
onshore unit Abu Dhabi Co. for
Onshore Oil Operations until 2014.
Adnoc owns 60% of the unit with
Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total, BP and
Partex holding the rest.
H
E Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada has
been appointed as the Minister of Energy &
Industry, State of Qatar. He is also the Managing
Director of Qatar Petroleum and Chairman of Tas-
weeq.
Al-Sada was the Managing Director of RasGas
Company Limited (RasGas) and the subsidiary
companies it operates. Al-Sada, who was edu-
cated in Manchester, England, has earlier held
the position of Director of Technical at Qatar
Petroleum where he directed major oil & gas and
related infrastructure projects.
He brings with him a wealth of experience
with over 25 years of service with Qatar Petro-
leum successfully managing various important
corporate departments.
The company recently resigned a 25-year
Heads of Agreement with Total for the offshore
Al Khalij field in which QP and Total will have a
60/40 operating interest in the field following the
4
6
5
ABDULLAH NASSER
AL-SUWAIDI
DIRECTOR GENERAL
ADNOC
SAMI AL RUSHAID
CHAIRMAN AND
MANAGING DIRECTOR
KUWAIT OIL COMPANY
MOHAMMED BIN SALEH
AL-SADA
CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
QATAR PETROLEUM
T
his year, the KOC was
actively awarding contracts
to a number of companies includ-
ing a $200 million EPC contract to
Petrofac to bolster Kuwaits North
onshore oil infrastructure by
improving power supply. In Sep-
tember the Kuwait Oil Company,
announced that it would continue
producing at 3million bpd, with
demand for Kuwaits oil remain-
ing high. According to Rushaid,
the countrys north fields, which
primarily produce heavy crude,
are pumping 700,000 barrels a
day, which should rise to 1 million
bpd by 2017. Kuwait is progress-
ing with an ambitious upstream
programme in the north and
west of the country, and is widely
tipped to be a hot exploration and
production market next year.
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T
hrough Al Rumhys leadership, Oman has managed to reverse field
decline and is now producing 17% more oil than it was in 2007. The Min-
ister has strategically managed to develop the national oil industry despite a
27% drop in production between 2001 and 2009. Under his leadership, Omans
oil and gas company, Oman LNG, has turned the industry into a central part
of the Sultanates revenue stream. The country currently has 5.5 billion bar-
rels of proven oil reserves and 30 trillion cubic feet of proven natural gas, with
Korea Gas Corporation dominating LNG output, producing 4.1 million tonnes
per year. Through Oman LNG, the sultanate has an outlet for around 1.5 to 2
million tones of additional LNG exports per year, allowing new resources to
be quickly monetized.
7
8
ASHTI HAWRAMI
NATURAL RESOURCE MINISTER
KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
MOHAMMED BIN HAMAD AL RUMHY
MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS
SULTANATE OF OMAN
T
he Kurdistan region is currently one
of the most heavily explored areas in
the world. Resolution of current conflicts
between the KRGF and the federal govern-
ment would allow the region to produce
between 500,000 to 800,000 bpd in 2020 and
between 750,000 to 1.2 million bpd by 2035,
marking a considerable shift in Iraqs output.
Last year, Ashti Hawrami declared that
ExxonMobil had signed production sharing
contracts (PSCs) for six exploration blocks
in the country. The move was the culmina-
tion of years of astute political positioning in
relation to Baghdad in order to secure invest-
ment and political and commercial safety
for the nascent Kurdish oil industry. But
things have changed over the year, compa-
nies that have signed PSCs in the north are
now barred from activity in the south. Exxon
itself has been looking to divest its southern
stakes as it continues to invest in the Kurd-
istan region.
Hawramis department presides over the
Kurdish regions estimated 45 billion barrels
of oil, which has only just begun to be tapped
by a number of independent companies. His
next challenge will be to maintain the govern-
ments central position as investment drives
the regions next era of consolidation and the
really big players come to town.
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A
li Rashid Al-Jarwan is
central to Abu Dhabis
ambitious field develop-
ment plans.
The CEO of ADMA-
OPCO, 60% owned by
ADNOC, is planning to
increase production capac-
ity at Abu Dhabis offshore
fields by 14.2% to 700,000
barrels per day by the end
of 2014.
The Lower Zakum field
is slated by Jawan to add
100,000 bpd to its cur-
rent production capacity
of 325,000 bpd by the end
of 2012 through the use of
water injection.
Adma-Opco is also
developing two offshore
oil fields Umm Al Lulu
and Nasr.
T
he completion of ADCOs Habshan-Furjairah pipeline has
dramatically changed Abu Dhabi and the UAEs energy
landscape. The pipeline is designed to transport 1.5 million
barrels of crude oil per day, with the possibility of increasing
this to 1.8 mbpd through the use of drag-reducing agents.
ADCO has been a key part of Abu Dhabis massive invest-
ment program, with nearly $1.5 billion into its Phase 1 Devel-
opment Programme, which will add about 400,000 bpd to its
output. The company has also been pioneering CO2 injection
techniques, taking on a leadership role in taking this promis-
ing technology to enterprise level.
Al-Kindy skillfully negotiated EPC contracts for ADCOs
field development towards the bottom of the contracting mar-
ket. Abdul Munim Al Kindy joined the Abu Dhabi Petroleum
Company (ADPC) in 1975, as an apprentice, and continued
his further education in the UK. He graduated in Mechanical
Engineering in 1982. He occupied a number of senior posi-
tions in all onshore fields and terminals. In 1990 he joined
British Petroleum, on secondment, and worked in North Sea
operations, commercial, and strategy development.
In 1997 he was appointed as the deputy general manager
of ADCO, joined National Drilling Company in 2001, as Gen-
eral Manager, before returning to ADCO in 2007. The next
priority is building a workforce that can meet both the tech-
nical challenges of mature field development while enhanc-
ing local human capital in the industry.
Somehow this has to be tackled without dilution to the
knowledge pool, Al-Kindy told Oil & Gas Middle East. We
are continuously exploring how we can attract youngsters to
the industry. There is an underlying image for the upstream
industry with the youth of today.
A
ppointed to the job in
2010, Al-Luaibi has worked
with the Ministry of Oil since
1998 where he moved from
Chief Engineer of the Techni-
cal Department to Director of
Chemical Materials to Assis-
tant Director General, Inspec-
tor General and then the dep-
uty Minister position before
being appointed to his current
role in December 2010.
Needless to say, the deci-
sions made by Iraqs Federal
government over the validity
of contracts signed in Iraq, the
use of revenues from the coun-
trys booming oil industry and
the future of Iraqs energy out-
put will have dramatic implica-
tions for the region as well as
the rest of the world.
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ABDUL KAREEM
AL-LUAIBI
MINISTER OF ENERGY
& MINES
IRAQ FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
ABDUL MUNIM SAIF AL-KINDY
CEO
ADCO
ALI RASHID
AL-JARWAN
CEO
ADMA-OPCO
10
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S
aif Al-Ghafli is heading the Shah sourgas development, one of the most challeng-
ing upstream projects in the gulf. Abu Dhabi and the wider gulf needs gas
supplies to meet domestic demand from power generation and industrial feedstock.
While Abu Dhabi has 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, its potentially lethal levels
of sulphur together with low demand and high production prices have put off the
emirate from developing the field previously.
Tecnicas Reunidas and Punj Lloyd Group also won a joint contract worth $463
million for gas gathering. Fluor and CH2M Hill Companies unit Veco Corp. signed
project management contracts for the Shah project last year. Ghafli also brought US
oil independent Occidental on board last year, with Oxy taking a 40% participating
interest and ADNOC retaining 60%.
The project involves several gas gathering systems, construction of processing
trains to process one billion cubic feet per day of gas at Shah to produce around 500
million cubic feet per day of network gas and other related hydrocarbon liquids, in
addition to new gas and liquid pipelines.
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W
ael was appointed as
executive vice president
and chairman of Qatar Shell
and managing director for the
Pearl GTL Project in April this
year. Wael is now responsible
for leading all of Shells activi-
ties in Qatar, particularly the
Pearl gas to liquids project, the
flagship $18-19 billion dollar
joint development between QP,
Shell and Qatar 4, the LNG joint
venture between QP and Shell
who own a 70-30% stake respec-
tively. Shell also operates a
research facility in the Qatar
Science & Technology Park,
and has the rights to explore
in Block D in partnership with
CNPC.
D
hia Jaafar, Director-
General of South Oil
Company, holds immense
responsibility as the head
of the national Iraqi com-
pany responsible for the
oil in the South of Iraq. He
is vested with the power
to award contracts in the
burgeoning market where
tenders continue to be
extremely competitive. In
November, the company
signed a 20 year techni-
cal service contract with
BP and its partners. The
company also recently
announced that it was in
talks with Shell to build
facilities to process asso-
ciated gas into fueld for
domestic consumption.
H
amad Rashid Al Mohannadi joined RasGas Qatars sec-
ond biggest liquefied natural gas producer as manag-
ing director in 2007. He has been a board member of Ras Laf-
fan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited since 1993.
Prior to joining RasGas, from 1992 he was general man-
ager at Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) responsi-
ble for its growth and expansion. In addition to his role as
QAPCO general manager, he is also general manager of
QATOFIN.
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WAEL SAWAN
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESI-
DENT AND CHAIRMAN
QATAR SHELL
DHIA JAAFAR
DIRECTOR GENERAL
SOUTH OIL COMPANY
HAMAD RASHID AL MOHANNADI
MANAGING DIRECTOR
RASGAS
R
aoul Restucci serves as
the Managing Director
of Petroleum Development
Oman, LLC and is respon-
sible for its day-to-day
management in accord-
ance with the programme
and within the budget
approved by the Board of
Directors.
Restucci has been an
Executive Vice President
and Country Chairman of
Shell Group of Companies
- Dubai & North Emirates
at Royal Dutch Shell plc
since September 2010.
Restucci has been the
President and Chief Execu-
tive Officer of Shell Explo-
ration & Production Com-
pany of Shell Oil Company
since August 2003.
RAOL
RESTUCCI
MANAGING
DIRECTOR
PDO OMAN
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he executive direc-
tor and chief com-
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sias largest private
oil companys grow-
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sion. Earlier this year,
Lukoil signed a con-
tract worth US $998
million with Samsung
to carry out the com-
missioning and start-
up of the West Qurna
(Phase 2) field. The
company floated a
number of tenders
this year for the West
Qurna field which
were awarded to them
by the South Oil Com-
pany which is owned
by the Iraqi Ministry
of Oil.
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GATI AL-JEBOURI
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF
COMMERCIAL OFFICER
LUKOIL
I
npex continues to
strengthen its posi-
tion in the Middle
East with senior vice
president Yasuhisa
Kanehara recently
signing a deal with
the Iraqi Federal Gov-
ernment and Russias
Lukoil to explore an
area believed to con-
tain oil. Through its
wholly owned subsid-
iary, JODCO, Inpex
owns an interest in
the ADMA Block
located offshore
from Abu Dhabi in
the UAE. Oil produc-
tion currently spans
five fields in the
block.
YASUHISA KANEHARA,
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
INPEX
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B
ijan Mossavar-Rahmani is an expe-
rienced oil and gas executive who,
in addition to his roles at DNO and
RAK Petroleumm, serves as Chairman
of Foxtrot International which is a pri-
vately-held Franco-American oil and gas
company active in West Africa. He was
founder and first chief executive of Hou-
ston-based Apache International Inc.
DNO was the first company to sign
a production sharing contract with the
Kurdish Regional Government (2004),
and the first company to export Kurdish
oil (2009).
In addition to his industry positions,
Mossavar-Rahmani is a Director of the
Persepolis Foundation and serves as a
member of Harvard Universitys John
F. Kennedy School of Government Vis-
iting Committee and on the Board of
Trustees of the New York Metropolitan
Museum of Art. He was decorated Com-
mandeur de lOrdre National de la Cte
dIvoire for services to the energy sec-
tor of that country.
A
rnaud Breuillac has been running Totals
upstream operation in the region since July
2010, and cut his teeth in the region, starting 27
years ago in Abu Dhabi, working in partnership with
ADNOC as a young process engineer.
In December 2006, he became a member of the
Management Committee of the Exploration & Pro-
duction Division as Senior Vice-President, Continen-
tal Europe and Central Asia. On January 1st, 2011,
he was appointed member of the Group Manage-
ment Committee.
In the UAE, Breuillac manages the French super-
majors long-standing projects with ADCO and
ADMA-OPCO which are shortly up for renewal,
and the GASCO associated gas company with which
Total signed a new 20-year extension in 2008.
Totals interests in Syria have been squeezed by
international sanctions. The company has also man-
aged to cope with production losses in Yemen after
frequent sabotage and security concerns have ham-
pered the transport of crude to refineries and export
terminals. Total also has signifi-
cant interests in Qatar, where
it has been present since
1936.
The company holds a
number of stakes in the Al
Khalij field (100%), the NFB
Block (20%) in the North
Field, the Qatargas 1 liquefac-
tion plant (10%), the Dolphin pro-
ject (24.5%) and train 5 of Qatargas
2 (16.7%).
The groups produc-
tion was 164 kboe/d
in 2010, compared to
141 kboe/d in 2009
and 121 kboe/d in
2008, production
substantially
increased with
the start-ups of
Qatargas 2.
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BIJAN MOSSAVAR-
RAHMANI
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, CEO
AND CHAIRMAN
DNO INTERNATIONAL,
RAK PETROLEUM
ARNAUD BREUILLAC
REGIONAL SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
(EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION)
TOTAL
E
xxonMobil is actively
developing Abu Dhabis
offshore Upper Zakum field,
one of the largest offshore
oil fields in the world. The
company is currently plan-
ning to expand the fields
production from 550,000
bpd to 750,000b bpd.
Through the companies
ZADCO Joint Venture with
ADNOC, the field is being
completely redeveloped.
Extended reach wells are
being drilled from artificial
islands, enabling additional
production that will add sev-
eral hundred billions of dol-
lars in value to Abu Dhabi.
MORTEN
MAURITZEN
LEAD COUNTRY MAN-
AGER FOR EXXONMOBIL
COMPANIES, UAE
EXXONMOBIL
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S
heikh Khalid is the cham-
pion for the Qatargas 2015
Vision which aims to make
Qatargas the worlds premier
LNG company for innovation,
operating excellence, environ-
mental responsibility and cor-
porate citizenship
QatarGas operates the Laf-
fan Refinery, the only conden-
sate refinery in the Middle
East.
Under his stewardship, the
Laffan refinery is currently
producing 146,000bpd and it
is working to upgrade its pro-
duction levels.
The new expansion pro-
ject will double the capacity
of Laffan Refinery to 296,000
bpd by 2015, said Al Thani
earlier this year.
G
enel Energy plc has exploration and pro-
duction operations in the Kurdistan
region of Iraq. The company owns rights
in numerous production sharing con-
tracts including in the Taq Taq, Tawke and
Chia Surkh fields. At the beginning of 2012
Genel announced plans to boost produc-
tion from 60,000 bpd to 100,000 bpd
from the Tawke field. Genel
also took a 23% stake in
Bina Bawi, a field which
lies next to Genels
core Kurdish asset
Taq Taq, by purchas-
ing A&T Petroleum
Company, for $175
million, but even
more recently, the
company expanded
into the Malta and
Morocco, spend-
ing $2.2 billion to
diversify into off-
shore activities.
C
resent Petroleums CEO
Jaafar is also vice-chair-
man of the Crescent Group
of companies. He brings his
experience with Shell Interna-
tionals Exploration & Produc-
tion and Gas & Power Divi-
sions to the Middle Easts old-
est private oil & gas company.
Majid Jafar attended Eton Col-
lege and graduated from Cam-
bridge University (Churchill
College) with a Bachelor and
a Masters Degrees in Engi-
neering (Fluid Mechanics and
Thermodynamics). He also
holds an MA (with Distinc-
tion) in International Studies
and Diplomacy from the Uni-
versity of Londons School of
Oriental & African Studies
(SOAS), and an MBA (with
Distinction) from the Har-
vard Business School, where
he served as president of the
Energy Club, Section Senator,
and representative to the Har-
vard Graduate Council.
H
E Dr Abdul-Hussain Bin
Ali Mirza is the Minis-
ter of Oil & Gas Affairs and
Chairman of the National Oil
and Gas Authority, he has also
served as Minister of State
for Cabinet Affairs. He brings
over 47 years of experience
in the oil and gas industry.
Mirza was also a member of
Bapcos Executive Committee
for over 25 years and played
a crucial part in formulating
Bapcos strategies. He was a
member of the Supreme Oil
Council which was chaired
by H.H. the Prime Minister.
Dr Mirza was awarded a
PhD Doctorate in Manage-
ment Change from Middlesex
University in London.
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KHALID BIN KHALIFA
AL THANI
CEO
QATARGAS
MAJID JAAFAR
CEO
CRESCENT PETROLEUM
ABDUL-HUSSAIN BIN ALI
MIRZA
ENERGY MINISTER
BAHRAIN
TONY HAYWARD
CEO
GENEL ENERGY
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C
hief Executive Officer of West-
ernZagros Resources Ltd.
with 30 years of managerial and
executive experience with Imperial
Oil, Exxon Production Research
Company, Petro-Canada, Chauvco
Resources, Talisman Energy and
Western Oil Sands. Hatfield initiated
the Kurdistan opportunity for West-
ernZagros and led the technical and
business process which success-
fully concluded the signing and rati-
fication of the companys Production
Sharing Contract. He holds a Bach-
elor of Science (Honours) degree in
Geology with Physics, a Masters of
Science degree in Geology and has
completed the Executive Develop-
ment Program at the University
of Calgary. In November, the com-
pany confirmed oil deposits in the
Eocene Formation, adding to the
Oligocene reservoir in Kurdamir-2.
The company also announced that
its mean estimate of gross unrisked
contingent resources has increased
to 147 million barrels of recoverable
oil (corresponding to 464 million
barrels of mean estimated gross
discovered oil initially in place) and
the mean estimate of gross unrisked
prospective resources has increased
to 1.2 billion barrels of
recoverable oil (cor-
responding to 3.6 bil-
lion barrels of mean
estimated gross
undiscovered oil ini-
tially in place) for the
Oligocene reservoir
in the Kurdamir
Block.
H
ashim is the deputy managing director of the North
Kuwait asset of Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), the national
oil company of Kuwait, one of the ten largest oil companies of
the world. Hashim joined KOC in 1982.
Her experience was developed as a petroleum and res-
ervoir engineer, and includes extensive contributions to the
Kuwait upstream business, having held diverse and challeng-
ing leadership positions in KOC, spanning from reservoir
management activities to corporate-scale projects.
Hashims main project for the KOC is developing its North
Kuwait assets to produce 1 mill-
lion bpd by 2014, from around
750,000 bpd at present. The KOC
has been ramping up produc-
tion since the summer, taking an
active role in calming turbulent oil
markets with higher production.
In 2009 Hashim was elected
as the Society of Petroleum Engi-
neers (SPE) regional director for
the MENA and India region.
M
ark Carne has been chair-
man of Dubai and North-
ern Emirates Region at Royal
Dutch Shell since September
2010. He has served as an Execu-
tive Vice President of BG Group
plc since May 1, 2005 and also as
Managing Director of Europe &
Central Asia since March 2006.
Carne served as Managing Direc-
tor North West Europe of BG
Group Plc since May 1, 2005. He joined BG from Shell, where
he served as Managing Director of Brunei Shell Petroleum
and Country Chairman for Shell companies in Brunei until
2005. He also worked in upstream assets and held a number
of commercial and general management roles in the UK and
the Netherlands. Other experience includes general man-
agement roles in the U.K., Holland and Oman covering oper-
ations, engineering, commercial and business development.
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SIMON HATFIELD
CEO
WESTERNZAGROS
HOSNIA HASHEM
DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR
(NORTH KUWAIT)
KUWAIT OIL COMPANY
MARK CARNE
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND
COUNTRY CHAIRMAN, DUBAI
AND NORTHERN EMIRATES
SHELL
A
hmed Ali Al Sayegh
has overseen Dol-
phin Energy, one of the
most important cross-GCC
energy infrastructure pro-
jects in recent years, and
one that may be instructive
in future as the demand
for natural gas supplies
across the GCC grows
as the region continues
to develop.
Dolphin Energy began
gas production in July
2007. This unique strategic
energy initiative involves
the production and pro-
cessing of natural gas
from Qatars North Field,
and transportation of the
refined gas from Ras Laf-
fan Industrial City by a
subsea pipeline across
joint UAE-Qatari waters to
the UAE.
Al Sayegh is also the
chairman of Abu Dhabis
MASDAR.
AHMAD ALI AL
SAYEGH
CEO
DOLPHIN ENERGY
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D
avid Cook joined
TAQA in October 2010
following over 20 years
experience in upstream
and midstream businesses
at Amoco, BP, and TNK-
BP. Prior to joining TAQA,
Cook was VP for BP Russia,
responsible for BPs non-
TNK-BP E&P.
He has taken the reins
at TAQAs oil & gas divi-
sion at an interesting time,
as the company plows fur-
ther investment into the
North Sea, while making a
$46 million play in Kurdis-
tan through an investment
in WesternZagros.
Speaking to Oil & Gas
Middle East late last year,
Cook said in the last 18
months to two years we
have been working really
hard to get things on track
for delivering the kind of
business that we want this
to be.
DAVID COOK
EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
HEAD OF OIL & GAS
TAQA
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T
odd Kozel started taking
an interest in Iraqi Kurdis-
tan shortly after the overthrow
of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The
company has personality, with
a clique of committed private
shareholders and an outgoing
CEO unafraid of doing business
in a daunting environment.
Kozel and his investors have
been rewarded with the Shai-
kan field, for which a production
sharing agreement was signed
in 2007. Since appraisal began,
Shaikan has upgraded reserves
regularly, and is now a world-
class field, with P90 reserves
of 8 billion barrels, in which the
firm holds a 75% interest.
The discovery updates sent
the firms shares rocketing
from 4pps to 104pps within
a year, and the recent entry
of ExxonMobil to Kurdistan
increased Gulf Keystones
shares by a further 25%. The
talk is now of consolidation, as
new concessions run out and
large capital is needed for field
development in the regions
awkward geology.
While other independents
may merge or be gobbled up
by supermajors, the Shaikan
field means that Kozel who
was recently forced to deny
rumours that the firm is up for
sale could find himself at the
head of either the largest inde-
pendent in Iraq or sitting pretty
with an injection of cash and
expertise from a supermajor
partner.
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TODD F KOZEL
CEO
GULF KEYSTONE
U
nder the guidance of Mohammed Husain, Hosnia
Hashem and of course Sami Al-Rushaid, the Kuwait Oil
Company is on track to achieving its 2020 strategy, which
has included: increasing production capacity by develop-
ing hydrocarbon reserves, infrastructure and operational
capabilities; maximising reserves through
a value-drive process which includes
exploration, integrated reservoir evalu-
ation and enhanced technology imple-
mentation; increasing gas exploration
and production activity; improving its
HSE record; advancing its research
and technology sectors; improv-
ing corporate culture and
image through developing
a skilled and competent
workforce; and develop-
ing more support ser-
vices to compliment
its core activities.
A
ramco Gulf Operations Company, the fully owned subsid-
iary of Saudi Aramco, which partners with Kuwait Gulf
Oil Company, meets local and global energy demands with the
production of its hydrocarbon reserves. AGOC is also work-
ing with the Khafji Joint Operations organisation in which it
owns a 50% share alongside its partner. The two share the
Al Khafji, Lulu, Hout and Dorra fields, which are located in
the Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Kuwait
continues to meet the demand for liquefied natural gas while
Saudi Arabia has increased gas exploration after it completed
a massive crude expansion programme in 2009.
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MOHAMMED HUSAIN
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
KUWAIT OIL COMPANY
ABDULLAH N. AL-HELAL
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
ARAMCO GULF OPERATIONS COMPANY (AGOC)
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O
ver his 20 years with Petrofac, Che-
did has seen it all. He joined Petro-
fac as a project manager for the compa-
nys Engineering & Construction divi-
sion and as regional director before he
became chief operating officer of Petro-
fac International Engineering & Con-
struction in 2007. Two years later he
moved up to serve as managing direc-
tor of Engineering & Construction Ven-
tures. He previously worked for a major
regional civil and mechanical construc-
tion business based and brings over 25
years experience in the oil & gas sector
to Petrofac. Mr. Chedid holds a degree
in Mechanical Engineering from the
American University of Beirut.
M
aurizio is the Executive Director of
Mubadala Energy and the CEO of
Mubadala Oil & Gas. His primary respon-
sibilities are to oversee Mubadalas
operational and business development
activities in the oil and gas, petroleum
services and renewable energy sectors.
He is a board member of Masdar,
Global Foundries, EMAL, Pearl Energy,
Spyker Cars, MPSC and SMN Barka
Power Company SAOC. He has also
held positions with Atlantic Richfield.
T
otal and Abu Dhabi have grown hand in hand
since the company first landed in the emir-
ate in 1939. Total holds a 75% stake in the Abu Al
Bu Khoosh field (operator), a 9.5% stake in ADCO,
which operates the five major onshore fields in Abu
Dhabi, and a 13.3% stake in ADMA, which operates
two offshore fields. TOTAL also has a 15% stake in
Abu Dhabi Gas Industries,
in 2011, its production was
240,000 barrels of oil equiv-
alent per day (boe/d), up
from 220,000 boe/d. Over
its 70-plus years in Abu
Dhabi, Total has developed
a suite of very strong part-
nerships with ADNOC.
S
amsung Engineerings Hong-Pyo Kong has been
Head of Marketing for Middle East & North
Africa for Samsung Engineering since 2006. In this
capacity, Kong has overall responsibility for all oil,
gas and petrochemical projects in the region.
During that time, Samsung Engineering has
assiduously nurtured relationships with decision-
makers in the Gulfs upstream industry, and been
rewarded with a string of massive EPC contracts in
the region, including multi-billion packages at Abu
Dhabis pioneering Shah sour gas project.
The Korean EPC giant, which has its regional
base in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, posted
year-end revenue in 2010 of $4.87 billion.
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MARWAN CHEDID
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF
ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION,
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
PETROFAC
MAURIZIO LA NOCE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MUBADALA ENERGY, OIL & GAS
JEAN LUC GUIZIOU
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - COUNTRY PRESIDENT
TOTAL
HONG-PYO KONG
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
SAMSUNG ENGINEERING
E
leven years ago,
Dragon Oil inherited
an under-developed oil
concession in the Caspian
and never looked back.
In 2000, the company
acquired a 100% working
interest in the Cheleken
Contract Area (CCA) off
the coast of Turkmenistan.
Dragon Oil which is
headquartered with and
majority-owned by the
government of Dubai via
state energy firm ENOC,
recorded oil strike after
strike to increase produc-
tion at the CCA tenfold
from 7,000 barrels per day
(bpd) in 2000 to 60,000-
plus bpd in 2011.
Al-Khalifa is now eye-
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sion with the $1.3 billion
cash pile it has accumu-
lated, and has qualified for
the fourth bidding round
in Iraq.
ABDUL JALEEL
AL-KHALIFA
CEO
DRAGON OIL
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S
sara Akbar brings over 28 years of
experience in the oil and gas indus-
try. Her experience includes having
worked in challenging positions in the
Kuwait Oil Company and also in the
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration
Company. She holds a B.Sc in chemical
engineering from the Kuwait Univer-
sity. Akbar has served as a board mem-
ber and as the chief executive officer of
Kuwait Energy since October 2005.
K
halid Mugharbel is the President of
Schlumberger Middle East, based
in Dubai. He began his career in 1993 at
Schlumberger as a Wireline services field
engineer and has held positions in line
management and human resources. He
has worked in Europe, Asia and multiple
countries in the Middle East. Khalid grad-
uated in 1992 with a Bachelors Degree in
Mechanical Engineering from the Uni-
versity of California, Berkeley, USA.
A
s GE president and chief executive officer for
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Hisham Albahkali
continues to strengthen the presence of GE in sectors
such as oil & gas, power, water, aviation and health-
care, in addition to aligning the companys develop-
ment programmes in line with the Saudi Vision 2020
to promote diversification and knowledge sharing.
Saudi Arabia is one of GEs
central markets in the
region, and it has estab-
lished long-term partner-
ships in growth sectors
that bring a positive differ-
ence to the well-being of
the people.
S
naas currently takes care of the geography
which the company treats as the Gulf. This
encompasses the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, but he also works closely with Leba-
non and Jordan. For Snaas, the UAE is proving to
be conducive to carrying out business in the Gulf
region. He points out the fantastic infrastructure,
good visionary leadership by the Royal families,
both in Abu Dhabi and in Dubai, and great con-
nections. The company has a comprehensive facil-
ity in the ICAD area of Abu Dhabi and an ongoing
contract with ADCO which includes conventional
core analysis.
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SARA AKHBAR
CEO
KUWAIT ENERGY
KHALID MUGHARBEL
MIDDLE EAST - PRESIDENT
SCHLUMBERGER
HISHAM ALBAHKALI
SAUDI ARABIA AND BAHRAIN - PRESIDENT
AND CEO
GE
AREND SNAAS
VICE PRESIDENT MENA SOUTH AND
GULF STATES
WEATHERFORD
K
haled Nouh joined
Baker Hughes as Pres-
ident of the Middle East
Region in September 2009.
He brings 20 years of oil-
field experience to Baker
Hughes. He started his
career with Saudi Aramco
in 1990 before joining
Schlumberger in 1994 as
field engineer.
After operational posi-
tions in various Middle
East countries, he held
global marketing, human
resources and line man-
agement positions. He was
then given responsibility
for Schlumbergers geo-
markets in Libya and Saudi
Arabia before appointment
as vice president, Integrated
Project Management for the
Middle East and East Medi-
terranean region.
Khaled holds a mechan-
ical engineering degree
from King Saud University.
KHALED NOUH
MIDDLE EAST
- PRESIDENT
BAKER HUGHES
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THE POWER LIST
A
bu Dhabi has targeted crude production of
3.5 million barrels a day by 2018. It is now up
to operators such as National Drilling Company,
headed up by Abdullah Saeed al-Suwaidi, to make
that ambitious production boost a reality.
Established in 1972 by ministerial decree, Abu
Dhabis National Drilling Company (NDC) is
considered to be one of the largest drilling con-
tractors in the Middle East, providing drilling,
work-over and well maintenance services.
With nearly 100 billion barrels of oil in
reserves, the UAE can rest assured that it
will have access to a secure energy source
for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless,
the development of hydrocarbon resources is an
ongoing necessity.
The UAE is targeting an oil production boost of
800 000 bpd by 2018, so the gauntlet has been thrown
down for all companies involved in exploration
and production in the countrys rich onshore and
offshore fields.
The company is seeing a growing onshore rig
presence, it recently awarded Honghua Group a
$300 million contract to provide seven 9000-metre
3,000 horsepower cluster land drilling rig units.
NDC has also recently commissioned Dry-
docks World to converte and upgrade the Bey-
nouna Jack-up drilling platform in Dubai this year.
T
he enigmatic Nabil Al Alawi
tipped 2011 as a year of recov-
ery for the regions oil and gas con-
tracting environment, and he was
right.
The resolutely bullish Alawi
has been hiring hundreds of staff
this year for UAE-based, home-
grown Al Mansoori on the back
of a strong order book and excel-
lent prospects for large upstream
projects. The company is active
in most of the regions boom-
ing markets, including Kurdis-
tan, where it has operated for
six years.
Al Mansoori has continued to
thrive as the largest local oilfield
service provider and its well-timed
entry into the Kurdistan region has
brought it remarkable success.
The company was recognized
for its oilfield services at the Oil &
Gas Middle East awards ceremony
in November. Nabils son and dep-
uty chief executive officer, Ibrahim
Al-Alawi received the award, say-
ing What sets us apart from the
competition is our people and their
commitment to quality and safety.
To provide a quality service to our
clients, and a safe working environ-
ment for our employees.
In past years, both Nabil and Al
Mansoori have celebrated at the
awards ceremony, with the chief
receiving the lifetime acheivement
award last year.
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NABIL AL ALAWI
CEO
AL MANSOORI
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ABDULLAH SAEED AL-SUWAIDI
CEO
NATIONAL DRILLING COMPANY (UAE)
THE POWER LIST
M
ott MacDonalds Oil, Gas and Pet-
rochemicals units were involved
in projects with a capital value of $8.8
billion in 2010-11, and 2012 saw even
greater success, particularly with its
Zakum Water Injection Upgrade Pro-
ject. The company was commissioned
for a $350 million
project to increase
water injection
capacity and pres-
sure in the Zakum
West and Central
Super Complexes
to increase out-
put to 100,000 bpd
by 2015.
T
he company recently entered into a
new contract to continue providing
offshore drilling rig services to Occiden-
tal Petroleum of Qatar, through the use
of the Al-Wajba (Gulf-3) drilling rig. The
company also signed a contract valued at
approximately $34 million to provide Lift
Boat Services to Dolphin Energy over a
sixteen month period. GDI is a subsidi-
ary of Gulf International Services, a hold-
ing company. It has a total of ten rigs
located in Qatar, 5 of which are offshore
jack-up rigs, it also has 4 land rigs and 1
jack-up accommodation unit.
T
he UAE remains as one of the most important
hubs for the regional energy industry. While the oil
& gas industry only directly contributes about 30 per
cent of the countrys GDP, it is still a central
location for many companies with activities
related to the sector. The Zakum oil sys-
tem is still the third largest oil zone in the
world, ADCOs Bu Hasa field produces
as much as 600,000 bpd, while the
Murban Bab, Sahil, Asab and
Shah fields contribute anther
705,000 bpd of light, sweet
crude. The Qusahwira and
Bab fields are under develop-
ment and will add as much
as 250,000 bpd by 2014.
U
nder Ali Vezvaeis leadership, Siemens has
continued to make inroads throughout the oil
and gas industry. The company recently signed a
contract to service the Habshan-Fujairah pipe-
lines automation, control and telecom systems
that have been installed and commissioned by the
operator, ADCO. Earlier this year, the company
also bought Expros Connectors and Measure-
ments arm, including the Tronic and Matre brands.
Vezvaei joined Siemens Energy in 2005 as a Coun-
try Division Manager before advancing to become
a regional sales manager in 2008. He rose to his
current rank in 2011 after working as VP Strategy,
M&A from 2009 to 2011.
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CHARLES ELLINAS
MANAGING DIRECTOR
MOTT MACDONALD
IBRAHIM AL OTHMAN
CEO
GULF DRILLING INTERNATIONAL
MOHAMED BIN DHAEN AL HAMLI
MINISTER OF ENERGY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ALI VEZVAEI
SIEMENS ENERGY
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL
MANAGER
D
ave Tredinnick helps
to keep the regions
oil & gas projects run-
ning smoothly. As regional
president of Emerson, a
worldwide supplier of pro-
cess automation technol-
ogy and services, he has
participated in the boom
in large infrastructure pro-
jects, with Emerson often
providing bespoke solu-
tions that push the regions
development forward.
Emerson has been in
the UAE for more than 35
years, and is working on
some of the most innova-
tive upstream projects in
the Emirates, such as Abu
Dhabis Shah Gas project.
The company is helping
the upstream industry
through products such as
its Virtual Wireless plant.
DAVE
TREDINNICK
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA -
PRESIDENT
EMERSON PROCESS
MANAGEMENT
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CABLES & CABLE MANAGEMENT
MAKING
THE
CONNECTION
Leading cable companies reveal
the trends expected to shape O&G
demand in 2013 and beyond
T
he global financial melt-
down and subsequent
economic slowdown
over the past few years
has prompted some valid con-
cerns over the short-term vi-
ability of the cable industry in
the Middle East region. But
a lean few years could be giv-
ing way to tangible spread of
confidence in the market once
more, as projects that had
been stalled or shelved begin
to roll-out.
Make no mistake, the pleth-
ora of large-scale upstream oil
and gas projects represent a mas-
sive opportunity for cable manu-
also seen a marked slowdown
in oil and gas work, but we are
offsetting that by taking a more
proactive approach in Korea,
we are spending a lot more
time in Seoul with oil and gas
contractors.
Ducab manufactures lead
sheathed and special instru-
mentation cables for the oil and
gas industries. Lead sheathed
cables are designed to facili-
tate land-based activities in the
oil, gas, petroleum and chemi-
cal industries where the spillage
or seepage of corrosive liquids
and vapours pose a threat to
circuit integrity.
Such a unique physical envi-
ronment forces firms to evolve
their product-base in an attempt
to keep ahead of the game.
Smith explained that Noskab
has assisted in the develop-
ment of lighter weight cables,
which is a constant requirement
when the need to lift heavier
facturers. The sheer demand
for power to offshore produc-
tion facilities since 2000 was the
key reason for the rise in cable
consumption in the last dec-
ade, and remains a multi-million
dollar sector.
However, a tightening in
investment, rising commod-
ity prices, and an increased
number of firms vying for the
same contracts means it is a
more competitive sector than
ever before. Standing out from
a packed market is the key to
future success and survival.
Something that Mike Smith,
vice-president sales at MacLean
55%
The decrease in turnover trading
activities from 2011 to 2012 in
the UAE.
Mike Smith, Maclean vice president.
UAE is leading our cargo in
terms of availability, transit time
and prices. Yes, we expect a
slight increase in the UAE mar-
ket and our vision might change
upon the award of Expo 2012,
while we are expecting a huge
increase in the Saudi Arabian
market in the coming years,
said Maher.
Not all firms experienced
such a decline in sales. Earlier
this year, the UAE-based cable
manufacturer Ducab announced
it had recorded sales of $1.33
billion for 2011, representing a
39% increase over the previous
year. Significant growth areas
included 25% in the utilities sec-
tor and a huge 250% increase
in sales to the oil and gas and
petrochemical sector. Ducabs
cable sales were almost $820
million for 2011.
There was a lower level of
market demand in 2012, but
through our marketing we have
taken a larger market share. A
lot of projects that we assumed
would be in this year didnt
come through, the Etihad rail
project, the award of the new
road between Abu Dhabi and
Dubai, said Colin McKay,
Ducabs general manager for
sales and marketing. We have
Without compromising on
safety and performance,
the lighter weight materials
have given savings of 30%
and upwards
manufacturing group (including
Noskab) explained: Not con-
tent in only trying to supply what
is being requested, Noskab are
continually offering the best
solution - whether technically or
commercially - by being aware
of new developments in cable
technology, which sometimes
bring distinct advantages over
some traditional cables.
A good example of this was
the introduction of a more
flexible marine cable, which
improves on time and installa-
tion in areas of oil and gas off-
shore facilities. Cables quite
often are one of the last prod-
ucts to be ordered within a pro-
ject and Noskab with their vast
capabilities to source around
the world can not only offer
key quality cables but also with
reduced lead times, he said.
Sherif Maher, UAE general
manager of Elsewedy Cables
highlights a general upturn
in demand in the region, with
around $50 million of business
in 2012 allied to the upstream
energy industry, and a notable
increase from the sector com-
pared to 2011. Elsewedy clients
include numerous electricity
authorities such as ADWEA,
SEWA, DEWA and FEWA as
well as oil & gas companies
such as ADNOC companies,
Adco, Zadco, Gasco, Takrir,
Adma and Opco.
However, for the UAE mar-
ket, trading sales have been
dramatically decreased in 2012
due to the lack of demand and
the project status. Turnover
for trading activities in 2012
decreased by 55% at $30 million
against $65 million in 2011.
Despite struggles this year,
the company claims to have an
annual growth rate in the region
of 18%, and still identifies the
UAE as a leading market. The
Mike Smith, Maclean manufacturing group vice president
modules onto offshore plat-
forms and drilling rigs. With-
out compromising on safety and
performance, the lighter weight
materials have given savings of
30% and upwards, many devel-
opments have come from our
knowledge of cable technolo-
gies not associated with the pet-
rochemical and marine indus-
tries, but brought together to
offer best solutions, he said.
Evolving technology to
keep up with other firms is not
the only challenge. A lack of
demand and increase of sup-
ply, an increase of raw materials
prices, and the fierce competi-
tion, said Maher. Meanwhile,
Smith agrees. Low cost, infe-
rior products and the lack of con-
tinuity are our most challenging
aspects that we have to address
on a daily basis. Operating com-
panies are always under pres-
sure to identify where they can
reduce costs but there is a fine
line between offering fit for pur-
pose and the longevity of qual-
ity cable. If a cable is found to
be 20% or less than the average,
then it is more than likely to be
using inferior materials, what
you pay for is what you get.
As previously mentioned,
raw material costs in the cabling
sector are a fundamental factor
in the sector, with base metal
costs subject to global market
trends. As Smith adds, this must
be considered in any work, but
is the nature of the cable indus-
try. The raw material costs
associated with cable manufac-
ture is a constant issue, hav-
ing to rely on copper, steel and
many other associated materi-
als to complete any cable is a
pressure we all have to suffer,.
However at Noskab we never
compromise on quality by sav-
ing costs on materials. Sherif Maher is the country manager of Elsewedy Cables in the UAE.
The cabling market has been slower in recent years, but a swathe of recent tenders and contract awards suggests demand is now picking up pace.
There is a ne line between
offering t for purpose
and the longevity of quality
cable. You get what you pay
for Sherif Maher, country manager, Elsewedy Cables UAE
Unsurprisingly, there are
negative repercussions of such
large, sometimes fluctuating
costs. Sadly this (compromising
on quality) has become a com-
mon alternative by the supply
chain, but that ends up with fail-
ures, inferior composition, poor
electrical and data performance,
in such important facilities where
safety and performance is criti-
cal. Substituting costs over qual-
ity is not a consideration. Smith
added that all specifications are
thoroughly read to ensure that
the correct standards have been
applied and that before any order
is committed to manufacture,
cable data sheets are endorsed
by the buyer to avoid any discrep-
ancies when the cable is deliv-
ered. Quality is the most impor-
tant factor of any cable supply
incorrect or inferior manufacture
can be the cause of project delays
and unnecessary additional
costs, all too often the first cost
is not necessarily the last.More-
over, as the Arab Spring clearly
demonstrated, there is the daily
threat of political and social
upheaval, which all companies
must be acutely aware of operat-
ing in the region. So whilst there
are a multitude of opportunities,
the benefits must not outweigh
the risk. Smith agreed, and said
The Maclean Group see the
region as a whole of great poten-
tial, with emerging markets
such as rebuilding Iraq, new
opportunities in Oman, Qatar
and the UAE currently domi-
nating our attention. Providing
the security issues throughout
the region become more stable,
there are many countries where
new developments will take our
attention.
Thankfully, this threat of
unrest has not prevented the
industry from moving for-
ward. Upstream projects are
being given the green light and
throughout the region, con-
tracts are being awarded for a
host of major oil & gas schemes.
In September, EMAS AMC,
the subsea division of EMAS, a
provider of integrated offshore
solutions to the oil and gas
industry, was awarded a con-
tracts by ABB, for the installa-
tion of subsea power cables. The
award forms part of ABBs sec-
ond contract with Statoil, to sup-
ply subsea HVDC Light trans-
mission systems to the Troll A
platform in the North Sea.
The Troll A concrete deep-
water structure is the worlds
largest natural gas production-
platform at 473 meters tall and
weighing 1.2 million tonnes. It
is also the tallest structure ever
to be moved by mankind. The
platform can produce as much
as 120 million cubic meters of
natural gas per day and contains
approximately 40 percent of the
natural gas reserves on the Nor-
wegian Continental Shelf.
The scope of work for EMAS
AMC is to install one HVAC
subsea cable and two circuits
of HVDC subsea cables from
Troll A to the land station, Kolls-
nes. The platform has received
power from shore since 2005.
The increase in power provided
by the new cables will provide
power to run two compres-
sor drive systems, which will
improve production capacity and
extend theplatform lifespan.
There are also reports that
Saudi Aramco will invite firms to
bid on its Maintain Potential Pro-
gramme (MPP), which has been
delayed for some months. The
MPP covers maintenance sched-
ules for all of Aramcos offshore
facilities and the contracts is cur-
rently held by Worley Parsons,
and has done so for the last nine
years. The work included 40 new
platforms, 85 platform upgrades
and 100 km of submarine cables.
Moreover, in early Decem-
ber, the Jeddah-based Bahra
Cables signed a $106.6 million
contract for the supply of low and
medium voltage cables to SEC.
There is no doubt that since
2008 the region has faced some
of its toughest years from a finan-
cial, investment perspective, with
capital and confidence drying up
completely. But there are quan-
titative and qualitative signs of
recovery. For those firms that
are still operating in the region,
there will be opportunities.
Our physical presence in the
region has brought increased
success, people buy from peo-
ple after all, the client confidence
increases through being availa-
ble to discuss requirements face
to face. The energy sectors that
the Maclean Group focus on have
seen phenomenal growth over
the past 10 years and every indi-
cation is that this will continue
to be one of the regions of the
world that investments will just
continue to flourish.
US $106.6 MILLION
The value of Bahra Cables contract to supply low and medium voltage
cables to Saudi Electricity Co. through 2013
If a cable is found to
be 20% or less than the
average, then it is more than
likely to be using inferior
materials, what you pay for
is what you get.
Colin McKay, Ducabs Chief Exec.
Mike Smith, Maclean manufacturing group vice president
CLASSIFICATION UPDATE
T
here are many renowned
technical standards
available in the market
which cover state of the
art design solutions to ensure
safety and reliability. Although
these standards may be all-
encompassing and can help to
create a safer oil and gas indus-
try, the increasing complexity
of the standards available in the
market can sometimes compro-
mise the clarity which design-
ers, yards and owners like to
see. Self-evaluation naturally
becomes more difficult as the
technical standards become
more robust.
In order to help compa-
nies navigate the complicated
standards-landscape, risk man-
agement company Det Norske
Veritas (DNV) has recently
released a new rule book for
the Jack-Up Market. The Mid-
dle East is one of the densest
areas for jack up units in oper-
ation. Mobile offshore units
operating in benign water of
the world need focused deliv-
ery of services, their specific
needs were the reason behind
DNVs jack up drive this year
said Bijali Madhavan Nair Pre-
sanna, Regional Offshore Man-
ager for Indian subcontinent
and Middle East.
Although the new jack-up
rules may be formally part of
the Offshore Unit regulations
and safety standards, DNV
believes that the jack-up mar-
ket deserves its own consid-
erations because there are ele-
ments which are more related
to fixed platforms.
The rules have also brought
in the notion of Enhanced Sys-
tems (ES). We had a clear
desire to align ourselves with
accepted and proven market
standards, said Bijali. At the
RULES OF
THE SEA
Self-evaluation is becoming increasingly challenging with the growing
complexity of technical standards. DNVs new rule book aims to simplify things
CLASSIFICATION UPDATE
same we do not want to for-
get those yards and owners
looking to improve their units
safety and reliability in a cost
effective way.
To cover this need, DNV
took its accumulated knowl-
edge and experience and col-
lected the relevant require-
ments and acceptable design
solutions in the voluntary ES
notation. The new Jack Up
rules are designed to present
an overview for IMO MODU
code compliance level in a
wide spectrum of operations
while including an ES notation
for those looking for increased
safety and reliability in a cost
effective way.
DNVs guidelines also
reflect its over-arching strate-
gic aims. The first of which is
to achieve zero-downtime. The
company aims to provide class
service provision such as sur-
veys and certifications with
a minimum of interference in
daily operations. For example
DNV will survey the legs dur-
ing a transit, while surveying
the bottom when on station,
he says. The second strate-
gic element is being available
for the customer. We appoints
a rig coordinator to each rig
under DNV class, which gives
the rig manager/crew a portal
to DNVs worldwide network,
Bijali concludes.
Bijali Madhavan Nair Presanna, regional offshore manager for the Indian subcontinent and Middle East.
DNV has a worldwide network with offshore centres in
Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, Houston, Rio and Stavanger along
with 300 offices in 100 countries enables DNV to work closely
with its customers and share best practices.
DNV also aims to integrate with the customers asset manage-
ment, leveraging the results of the class service at the same
time ensurinf efficiency gains. For example, DNVs Hull Integr-
rity Management tool (HIM), which teaches a crew where to
look and what to look for during regular onboard inspections.
Degraded hulls have caused cost overruns in renewal surveys.
HIM helps detect defects early on and deal with problems
while they are still small. HIM is a tool that is shared by the
owner and DNV. The early identification of degradation findings
(before they become class critical) allows the condition to be
managed more pro-actively.
The dedicated Jack-up rule book is a direct reflection of DNVs
commitment to provide services covering the specific needs
of the jack-up market. DNV offers a set of services reducing
operational cost and at the same time increase asset avail-
ability. In addition to the new jack up rules, DNV also publishes
recommended practices, classification notes and offshore tech-
nical guidance which also provide best practice guidance to rig
owners and yards.
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Amal Steam Surface Facilities - On Plot PDO Special Technical Services 35 Execution
Crude Storage Terminal at Ras Markaz Oman Oil Company (OOC) Not Appointed 500 Study
Solar EOR Project in Oman Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) GlassPoint Solar; California 150 Execution
Rabab - Harweel Field Development PDO Worley Parsons Not Appointed 500 FEED
Saih Rawl Depletion Compression - Phase 2 PDO Larsen & Toubo Electromech L.LC. 235 Execution
Exploration of Block 38 Ministry of Oil & Gas Frontier Resources Oman 40 Execution
Yibal Field Depletion Compression Project PDO Not Appointed 150 FEED
Saih Nihayda - Condensate Processing Plant PDO ABB 100 Execution
Kauther Gas Compression Project PDO Petrofac International 350 Execution
Exploration in Block 51 Ministry of Oil & Gas Not Appointed 50 EPC Bid
Qarn Alam EOR Project - Off-plot Package PDO Galfar Engineering & Contracting 270 Execution
Exploration at Block 61 - Khazzan Tight Gas Government of Oman / BP Exploration
(Epsilon) LTD.
OGC Gas Loopline at Salalah Oman Gas Company Not Appointed 200 EPC Bid
Expansion of Sohar Renery - Hydrogen Generation Unit Oman Renery Company Not appointed Not Appointed 250 FEED Bid
Off-plot Delivery South of Oman PDO Mott MacDonald Al Turki Enterprises 800 Execution
Crude Oil Stabilization Unit at Wadi Lattam Occidental Mukhaizna Gulf Petrochemicals Services 80 Execution
Duqm Renery & Petrochemical Complex OOC / IPIC KBC Advanced Technologies Not Appointed 7000 Study
July 2012 Oil&Gas Middle East 47 www.arabianoilandgas.com
IRAQ PROFILE
nies. New businesses will have
to be realistic about the chal-
lenges. Id advise companies to
get a security assessment first,
and access our information. We
have excellent access to the pro-
vincial governor and council,
and are here to help.
Corruption is still very much
out there, and is often an expec-
tation, such as facilitation pay-
ments, which are not allowed
under UK anti-bribery law.
There are also other issues that
can hinder British business. For
example, the documentation for
tenders can be very brief too
brief to submit a tender if you
dont already know whats going
on and is in Arabic.
Ministry procurement pro-
cesses can be chaotic.
2.45m
Iraqs oil exports in May.
Source: Iraqs State Oil Marketing
Organisation
Firstly, I recommend that Brit-
ish citizens who come here
on business let us know they
are here. Adequate insurance
cover is a must. The security
overhead is still there, and it
can make it difficult for smaller
firms who want to explore the
business environment here, but
find it difficult to deal with the
costs of arranging security over
a few days. The problem is that
security as an upfront cost of
entry, might deter some compa-
0iI&6as MiddIe ast 0clober 2010 www.arabiauoilaudgas.c
There can also be surprises.
It is not unusual for foreign com-
panies to be required to sub-
contract exclusively to Iraqi-
owned companies and this may
not always be clear at the outset.
So there are real difficulties,
but these should be seen in con-
text. Basra and the South of
Iraq have massive potential. Oil
wealth is increasing rapidly and
will fund massive infrastructure
projects. The Iraqi economy is
one of the fastest growing in the
world and will come to rival the
Gulf states in size and wealth.
Whats the outlook
for upstream oil and gas
companies?
Theres a lot of competition, and
we are keen to ensure British
companies play their part.
There is a window of oppor-
tunity, and the possibilities for
British companies in the prov-
ince are enormous, but that
window will close if British
companies wait to be the last
in. Now is the time.
HM Consul-General Debbie Tomlinson
PROJECTS
QATAR
Block 4 North Qatar Petroleum (QP) / Anadarko
Petroleum
Wintershall 150 Execution
Block A Exploration Qatar Petroleum (QP) JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration
Corporation
100 Execution
Acid Gas Removal Plant in Dukhan Qatar Petroleum (QP) Technip Petrofac International 300 Execution
Automation Upgrade at Jaleha (Umm Bab & Diyab) Qatar Petroleum (QP) Tadmur Contracting & Trading Est. 19 Execution
Diesel Hydrotreater & Sulphur Recovery Unit Qatar Petroleum (QP) Tecnicas Reunidas Samsung Engineering 96 Execution
Petrochemical Complex in Ras Laffan Qatar Petroleum (QP) / Shell Not Appointed 6400 Feed
Upgradation of Turbine Controls at FGLCS & RG Plants Qatar Petroleum (QP) Black Cat Engineering & Construction 16 Execution
Expansion of QVC Plant at Mesaieed Qatar Vinyl Company (QVC) Not Appointed Not Appointed 200 Concept Stage
Petrochemical Complex in Ras Laffan Qapco / Qatar Petroleum (QP) Not Appointed Not Appointed 5500 Concept Stage
Condensate Renery at Ras Laffan - Phase 2 Laffan Renery Company Technip Not Appointed 800 EPC Bid
Modication to Ethylene Production Facility in MIC Qapco CTCI Corporation; Abu Dhabi 166 Execution
Plateau Maintenance Project Qatargas Technip Chiyoda / Technip 1200 Execution
Wet Gas Pipeline Between KM & KS Qatar Petroleum (QP) Tebodin Not Appointed 30 EPC Bid
Barzan North Field Development - Process & Buildings Packages ExxonMobil Corporation / Qatar
Petroleum (QP)
Chiyoda Corporation Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) 330 Execution
Jet A1 Fuel Pipeline from QP Renery to BSV3 Qatar Petroleum (QP) Tebodin Petrojet 45 Execution
Replacement of Instrument Air Compressors at PS2 & 3 Qatar Petroleum (QP) Doha Petroleum Construction Co. Ltd.
(DPCC) Dopet
9 Execution
Twin Jack-Up Rigs Gulf Drilling International Keppel Offshore & Marine 393 Execution
Interconnecting Pipeline Project Dolphin Energy Limited Not Appointed 45 FEED
Expansion of Ethylene Plant at Mesaieed Qapco Shaw Group Not Appointed 100 FEED
Barzan North Field Development ExxonMobil / Qatar Petroleum (QP) Chiyoda Corporation /J Ray McDermott Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) /JGC
Corporation
8000 Execution
Sweet Fuel Gas Supply to Dukhan Qatar Petroleum Black Cat Engineering & Construction 110 Execution
Jetty Boil-Off Gas Recovery Project Qatargas Qcon 1000 Execution
Upgradation of Gas Compression Facility at Ras Laffan Dolphin Energy Limited JGC Corporation Larsen & Toubro 250 Execution
Petrochemical Complex at Ras Laffan QP / Total Not Appointed Not Appointed 3000 Concept Stage
Gas Sweetening Facilities Integrated Project at Mesaieed Qatar Petroleum (QP) Worley Parsons Petrofac International 350 Execution
SAUDI ARABIA
Pipeline from Ras Tanura to Riyadh Saudi Aramco Nacap-Suedrohrbau / Jacobs Engineering
Group Inc.
Nacap-Suedrohrbau 350 Execution
Rabigh Renery - Phase 2 - Petrochemicals Complex - Cumene, Phenol &
Cyclohexanone Plants
Rabigh Rening & Petrochemical
Company (Petro-Rabigh) / Sumitomo
Corporation /Saudi Aramco
JGC Corporation Daelim Industrial Company 222 Execution
Karan 45 - Offshore Structures & Flowlines Saudi Aramco J Ray McDermott 200 Execution
Fuel Storage Tanks for Qassim Power Plant Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) Saudi Services for Electro Mechanic Works
Company (SSEM)
27 Execution
Hout Crude Transmission Line Al Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) Technip Not Appointed 100 EPC Bid
Coke Calcination Plant in Al Rayyan Al Rayyan International Golden Co. Dong Yang P & F Company Not Appointed 250 FEED
Jubail Petrochemical Complex - Phase 3 - EVA & LDPE Package Sipchem / ExxonMobil Worley Parsons GS Engineering and Construction
Company
380 Execution
Jubail Petrochemical Complex - Phase 3 - MMA Plant Lucite / Sabic / Sipchem Worley Parsons Not Appointed 250 FEED
PROJECTS
Shouaiba Bulk Plant Saudi Aramco Petrofac International; Sharjah Not Appointed 600 Study
Elastomers Plant at Kemya - Carbon Black Plant Sabic / ExxonMobil Corporation Fluor Arabia Ltd. Daelim Industrial Company 600 Execution
Yanbu Industrial City - Chemicals Plants Al Rajhi Group / STX Heavy Industries Not Appointed 1000 Study
Wafra Steam Injection - Phase 2 Chevron / Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabian Texaco INC 500 Execution
Elastomers Plant at Kemya - Methyl Propanediol Plant Sabic / ExxonMobil Corporation GS Engineering and Construction
Company
500 Execution
Metal Alkyl's Plant in Jubail Al Zamil Group /Chemtura Corporation Uhde GmbH Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) 100 Execution
Arabiyah and Hasbah Oileld - Wellhead Platforms Saudi Aramco Jacobs ZATE Saipem 2100 Execution
Arabiyah and Hasbah Oileld - Hasbah Pipelines Saudi Aramco SNC Lavalin Saipem 700 Execution
Jubail - 2 Sadara Petrochemical Complex - Carbon Monoxide and Ammonia
Plants
Saudi Aramco; Dow Chemical Company;
Saudi Arabia
Foster Wheeler / Jacobs Engineering Group
Inc. / KBR
Not Appointed 3000 FEED
Yanbu Export Renery- Offsites & Utilities- Package 8 Saudi Aramco Worley Parsons Dayim Punj Lloyd Construction
Contracting Co. Ltd. / Bonatti S.p.A / KBR
2000 Execution
Arabiyah and Hasbah Oileld - Onshore Facilities Saudi Aramco SNC Lavalin / Jacobs Engineering Group
Incorporated
SK Engineering & Construction / Samsung
Saudi Arabia Ltd.
1500 Execution
Jubail - 2 Export Renery - Aromatics Plant Saudi Aramco / Total Axens Samsung Saudi Arabia Ltd. 650 Execution
Jubail-2 Export Renery - Coker Unit Package Saudi Aramco / Total Technip Samsung Saudi Arabia Ltd / Chiyoda
Corporation
850 Execution
SABIC - Benzene Mitigation Project Sabic Wison (Shanghai) Chemical Engineering
Ltd.
150 Execution
Shaybah Gas Development - GOSP Plant Saudi Aramco Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) Samsung Saudi Arabia Ltd. 700 Execution
Rabigh Renery Expansion - Phase 2 - Petrochemicals Complex - MTBE &
MMA Plants
Petro-Rabigh / Saudi Aramco / Sumitomo
Corporation
JGC Corporation GS Engineering and Construction
Company
600 Execution
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PROJECTS
Yanbu Export Renery - Relocation of NGL Pipeline Saudi Aramco Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) Rajeh H. Al Marri & Sons Company 450 Execution
Elastomers Plant at Kemya - Halo-butyl Rubber Plant ExxonMobil Corporation / Sabic Fluor Arabia Ltd. Technip 500 Execution
Jazan Economic City - Export Renery Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) Not Appointed 7000 EPC Bid
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Stirene Plant at Jubail Industrial City Sabic / Petrokemya Tecnicas Reunidas (TR) Tecnicas Reunidas (TR) 560 Execution
Yanbu 2 - Fuel Facilities The Power & Water Utilities Company for
Jubail & Yanbu (Maraq)
Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated;
Saudi Arabia
Hanwha Engineering & Construction;
Saudi Arabia
800 Execution
Midyan Gas Processing Project Saudi Aramco Mustang Engineering Not Appointed 800 EPC Bid
Jubail-2 Export Renery - Storage Tank Saudi Aramco / Total Technip Dayim Punj LIoyd Ltd / Petro Steel /
Rotary Engineering Ltd
1000 Execution
Carbon Dioxide Injection at Ghawar Field Saudi Aramco Technip Samsung Saudi Arabia Ltd. 100 Execution
Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC) Plant Petrobras / Modern Mining Holding
Company
Petrobras 454 Execution
Kayan Petrochemicals Complex at Jubail - n-Butanol Plant Saudi Aramco / SAAC / Dow Chemical
Company / Saudi Kayan Petrochemical
Company
Not Appointed 500 EPC Bid
Jubail - 2 Export Renery - Plant Utilities Package Saudi Aramco / Total /Jubail Renery and
Petrochemical Company
Technip SK Engineering & Construction 700 Execution
Manifa Oil Field Redevelopment - Onshore Package Saudi Aramco Foster Wheeler JGC Corporation / TR / Snamprogetti 2360 Execution
Ras Tanura Petrochemical Complex - Phase 2 Saudi Aramco Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated Not Appointed 2000 FEED
Ibn Rushd - Yanbu Petrochemicals Complex Expansion - PTA Plant Expansion Arabian Industrial Fibers Company
(Ibn Rushd)
Uhde CTCI Arabia Limited 400 Execution
Safaniyah Offshore Infrastructure Saudi Aramco J Ray McDermott 1000 Execution
Jubail Petrochemical Complex - Phase 3 - Polymers Compounding Plant Sipchem / Hanwha Chemical Worley Parsons Posco Engineering Company 60 Execution
Yanbu Export Renery - Battery Limits and Solids Handling - Package 6 Saudi Aramco Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) Techint 450 Execution
Upgrade of the Oil Renery at Yanbu Samref Worley Parsons Worley Parsons 2000 Execution
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Integrated Gas Development (IGD) - Habshan 5 Utilities & Offsites Package Gasco /ADNOC Fluor Corporation Hyundai Engineering & Construction
Company
1720 Execution
Umm Al Lulu & Al Nasr Oil Field Development - Phase 1 Adma -Opco Fluor Corporation / Tebodin Larsen & Toubro 1500 Execution
Development of Qusahwira Field ADCO Veco Engineering NPCC 600 Execution
Integrated Gas Development (IGD) - Habshan 5 Process Plant Package Gasco/ ADNOC Fluor Corporation JGC Corporation / Tecnimont SpA 4700 Execution
Carbon Capture and Storage Project - Pipeline Network - Phase 2 Masdar JP Kenny Not Appointed 300 FEED
Replacement of Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD) at Habshan Plants Gasco ABB Kentz Overseas Limited 30 Execution
Condensate Pipeline from Habshan to Ruwais Gasco Tebodin Middle East Not Appointed 200 FEED
ENOC Storage & Trading Terminal in Fujairah Horizon Terminals Limited / ENOC House Not Appointed 200 FEED
Jebel Ali to Hassyan P Power Station Fuel Gas Pipeline Dubai Supply Authority (Dusup) Not Appointed 150 EPC Bid
Upper Zakum Production Facilities - Crude Processing Facilities Zadco Technip Not Appointed 3000 EPC Bid
Replacement of Liquid Storage Tanks in Das Island ADGAS Shaw Group (Stone & Webster) Not Appointed 40 EPC Bid
Asab Full Field Development ADCO Foster Wheeler Petrofac 1000 Execution
Yas Island - Mina Zayed Port Gas Pipeline Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Company
(Gasco)
Not Appointed 45 EPC Bid
Abu Dhabi International Airport - Aviation Fuel Storage Tank ADNOC Distribution Penspen International Limited Not Appointed 20 EPC Bid
Zora Gas Field Development Dana Gas / Sharjah Petroleum Council /
Crescent Petroleum
SPD Drilling Consultant Not Appointed 122 FEED
Habshan - Maqta - Tawelah (HMT) Gas Pipeline Gasco Tebodin Middle East Dodsal 450 Execution
Upper Zakum - Crude Oil Pipeline Replacement Zadco National Petroleum Construction
Company (NPCC); Abu Dhabi
700 Execution
Borouge Complex Expansion - Phase 3 - PE & PP Units Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. (Borouge) Tecnimont SpA Technimont / Samsung Engineering 1255 Execution
PROJECTS
PROJECTS
Bab Gas Compression Expansion ADCO SK Engineering & Construction Company Not Appointed 500 EPC Bid
Nitrogen Gas Injection at Habshan Gasco SNC Lavalin Samsung Engineering 160 Execution
Sarb Oil Field - Offshore Jetty & Sea Water Intake Facilities Adma-Opco Cowi Archirodon Constructions Overseas 200 Execution
Expansion of Ruwais Renery - Carbon Black Plant Takreer Worley Parsons Samsung Engineering 2470 Execution
Sarb Oil Field - Pipeline Network Adma-Opco Fluor Corporation Not Appointed 200 EPC Bid
Flare Gas Recovery System in Ruwais Renery Takreer Saipem S.p.A Alsa Engineering Company LLC / Intecsa
Ingenieria Industrial
50 Execution
Bab - Habshan 1 Field Development ADCO Not Appointed 500 EPC Bid
Development of Bab, Qusahwira & Bida Al-Qemzan Fields ADCO Washington Group International / Veco
Engineering
CCC/ Larsen & Toubro /NPCC 1800 Execution
Sour Gas Development - NGL Transport Pipeline ADNOC Fluor Corporation Saipem S.p.A 196 Execution
Crude Oil Storage Tank at Zirku Zadco Not Appointed 50 EPC Bid
Socar-Aurora Storage Terminal - Phase 2 Socar - Aurora MUC Engineering Belleli Energy 100 Execution
Gasoline and Aromatics Expansion (GAE) - Chemaweyaat Abu Dhabi Investment Council / IPIC /
ADNOC / ChemaWEyaat
Borouge Complex Expansion - Phase 3 - Ethane Cracker Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. (Borouge) Tecnimont SpA Linde /CCC 1000 Execution
Revamp of Flaring System at Das Island Adma-Opco Tebodin Middle East Not Appointed 50 EPC Bid
Debottlenecking of Al-Dabbiyah, Rumaitha and Shanayel Production Facilities ADCO Not appointed Not Appointed 250 FEED Bid
IPIC Petroleum Renery in Fujairah IPIC Technip Not Appointed 3500 FEED
Shah Full Field Development - Spiking Compressor Unit ADCO Larsen & Toubro 100 Execution
Chemoil- Oil Storage Terminal in Fujairah - Phase 4 Gulf Petrochem / Chemoil Mott MacDonald Nico International Hydrospace 130 Execution
Bab - Bu Hassa - Thamamma Pipeline Gasco Not Appointed 150 EPC Bid
Nitrogen Pipeline between Mirfa and Ruwais Gasco Alsa Engineering Company LLC 100 Execution
Sour Gas Development - Sulphur Recovery Unit ADNOC Fluor Corporation Saipem 1450 Execution
Chemaweyaat - Tacaamol Complex - Ethane Cracker ADIC / IPIC / ADNOC/ ChemaWEyaat Not Appointed 1200 Study
Fujairah Floating LNG Terminal Mubadala / IPIC Technip Not Appointed 400 FEED
Satah Full Field Development - Gas Injection & Gas Lift Zadco Tebodin Middle East Technip /NPCC 300 Execution
Development of Bab Field ADCO Veco Engineering / Washington Group
International
NPCC 600 Execution
Upper Zakum Development Project - 7 Drilling Rigs Zadco / NDC Columbia Industries 600 Execution
Primestar - Storage Tank Terminal in Fujairah Primestar Energy FZE Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Service
Engineering Construction Co.
160 Execution
Fuel Storage Tanks at Hamriyah Free Zone Takreer Sinopec 150 Execution
Carbon Capture and Storage Project Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. (ADFEC) JP Kenny Not Appointed 3000 EPC Bid
Zakum Central Super Complex - Phase 2 - Seawater Injection Facilities Adma-Opco Technip J Ray McDermott 150 Execution
Integrated Gas Development (IGD) - Ruwais Storage Tanks Package Gasco / Adnoc Fluor Corporation Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) 533 Execution
Chemoil - Oil Storage Terminal in Fujairah - Phase 5 Chemoil / Gulf Petrochem Not Appointed 100 Concept Stage
Gas Re-Injection Project at Habshan Takreer / ADNOC / Gasco SNC Lavalin Not Appointed 250 FEED
Shah Full Field Development Adco Foster Wheeler CCC / Tecnicas Reunidas 250 Execution
Nitrogen Removal Unit at Thammama F Gas Processing Facilities Gasco Not Appointed 100 Concept Stage
Upper Zakum Production Facilities - Offshore Package Zadco Technip Technip / NPCC 817 Execution
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