The Al Hosn sour gas
plant will undergo a major expansion to increase its gas processing
capacity by 50 percent, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company recently
announced.
The plant has a current production rate of 1 billion cubic
feet per day.
ADNOC said it will work with Occidental
Petroleum on the expansion of the $10 billion facility, in the hopes
of meeting the rising demand for gas in the United Arab
Emirates.
“We look forward to working on the next
phase to optimize the plant’s expansion,” Vicki Hollub,
president and CEO of Occidental Petroleum, said. “Demand for
domestic gas is rising, and processing additional sour gas from new
and existing reservoirs makes sound business sense.”
The
plan to expand the Al Hosn plant is part of ADNOC’s “2030
Strategy.”
“A key element of our 2030 strategy
is to ensure we produce sufficient gas to meet our steadily
increasing requirement for gas, and match rising demand from our
international customers,” ADNOC Group CEO Sultan Al Jaber said.
“Sour gas will play an important role in ensuring we deliver on
those commitments.”
Sulfur is a byproduct of
the sour gas production process, and the expansion is expected to
make ADNOC one of the largest sulfur producers in the world. Every
day, the Al Hosn facility produces 9,000 tons of pure granulated
sulfur, 33,000 barrels of petroleum condensates, 4,400 tons of
natural gas liquids and 500 million cubic feet of network gas.
