UAE-based National Petroleum Construction Co. is the frontrunner to win two USD 1 billion contracts to build onshore oil production facilities in Abu Dhabi. The deals cover infrastructure upgrades and production increases at the state owned energy company’s Bab and Qusawirah oil fields. They are part of ADCO’s 1.8 million project to increase the emirate’s onshore oil capacity by 400,000bpd to 1.8 million barrels per day by 2015. The winning contractor will build the infrastructure to support 53 wells ADCO is drilling at the Thammam G and Habshan 2 reservoirs in the Bab field. The work includes linking the wells to flowlines and pipelines and building water handling systems and associated utilities. Of the companies that bid for the Bab deal, only Petrofac failed to bid for the second contract to build facilities at the Qusawirah field. The winner of the Qusawirah contract will build facilities to handle output from the 44 wells ADCO is drilling. This includes building facilities to remove gas from the oil and reinjecting the gas into the reservoir.
