The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded a major project management consultancy (PMC) services contract to US engineering firm KBR for its Ghasha gas concession in the Persian Gulf.
The Ghasha ultra-sour gas project is located on the north-western shore of Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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KBR will serve as the potential PMC contractor and manage the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors. This will cover packages A and B of the Dalma gas development project. It will also cover packages one to five of the Hail and Ghasha development project.
The company will provide management services for the Hail and Ghasha Islands project and Deep Gas project.
KBR president and CEO Stuart Bradie said: “We deeply appreciate the tremendous amount of trust that ADNOC has placed in KBR to project-manage such a significant share of this strategic Ghasha concession programme.
“This award highlights ADNOC’s confidence in KBR’s reputation as the industry leader in the provision of value-added PMC services for similar mega gas-field development projects.”
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By GlobalDataKBR will perform the work over four years, with an option to extend the contract for two more.
Bradie added: “We are confident that the Ghasha concession project will significantly boost in-country value. As always, KBR remains fully committed to act as one of ADNOC’s strategic partners to achieve the targeted In-Country Value objectives.”
In October, ADNOC awarded Russian oil and gas firm Lukoil a 5% share in the Ghasha gas concession.
Also in October, ADNOC awarded an AED5bn ($1.36bn) contract to the National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) for the construction of artificial islands to develop, drill and produce gas from the Ghasha offshore concession.
