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CHAPTER TWO
Developments of Energy Resourrces
In Q3 2012, Zakum Development Co. (Zadco) has let a lump- sum
engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, commissioning,
and start- up contract to a consortium of Technip and National
Petroleum Construction Co. (NPCC), as a part of its project to
expand production capacity of Upper Zakum Oil Field which is 84
km offshore Abu Dhabi. Zadco started building artificial islands in 5-
15 m of water to support drilling and other facilities in a project that
will boost Upper Zakum production from about 550 thousand barrels
per day to 750 thousand barrels per day by 2015. The contract covers
240 km of subsea pipelines, 128 km of subsea composite and fiber-
optic cables, almost 30 thousand tons of offshore structures such as
jackets, riser platforms, flare towers, bridges, and initial production
facilities for temporarywell hook- ups for early production distributed
among three of the artificial islands, along with other facilities like
flaring torches
i
.
In
Bahrain
, Aker Solutions was awarded a $17 million contract
by Enerserv W.L.L to deliver 600 sets of surface wellheads and trees
to the Awali Oil Field
ii
.
In
Tunisia
, the Tunisian unit of DualEx Energy International Inc.
has let a contract to CGGVeritas, to run a 55 sq km of 3D seismic
survey over the Bouhajla North prospect on the Bouhajla permit
onshore Tunisia. The block extends to the west of Sidi el Kilani Oil
Field in north- central Tunisia. Depth to the primary Cretaceous chalk
reservoir is 2,200 m.
Canadian Candax Energy Inc. announced its intentions to acquire
interests in Ezzaouia and El Bibane oil producing fields from PA
Resources AB, Stockholm, for $4 million, subject to government
i
Drilling time, 5/8/2012
ii
Aker Solutions, official website, 1/4/2012.
