GASCO awards contract to Snamprogetti

Mar 29, 2005 02:00 AM

Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (GASCO) has awarded the contract for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPC) works for its Ruwais 3rd NGL Train Project -- Ruwais Plant to Snamprogetti, Italy at $ 1.427 bn.
The Letter of Award was issued earlier in Abu Dhabi. The project will be managed from Snamprogetti’s office in Milan, Italy, and is scheduled for completion within 38 months.

The Ruwais 3rd NGL Train project is a mega project and is the second of the EPC Packages within the overall scheme of OGD-III & AGD-II Project launched by ADNOC. The project is designed to process and fractionate 24,400 tpd of raw Natural Gas Liquids (NGL).
Ruwais’ third NGL train facility will be located adjacent to the existing NGL Trains at Ruwais.

The entire project facility shall comprise of process train, product storage tanks, jetty with two berths and utilities. While the products-propane, butane and pentane plus would be exported, ethane shall be transported to the nearby petrochemical complex as feedstock.
GASCO implements this project on behalf of ADNOC with support of Foster Wheeler as an independent project management consultant.

Source: Emirates News Agency