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Taweelah - Fujairah Pipeline

In 2007 Dolphin Energy embarked on the conceptual design of a new natural gas pipeline to link its receiving facilities at Taweelah in Abu Dhabi with Fujairah on the UAE’s East coast. This substantial 48 inch pipeline will cross some 244 kilometers of the heart of the country travelling through the desert areas of Abu Dhabi and Sharjah then over the mountains of Ras Al Khaimah and into Fujairah itself.

A detailed Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) was undertaken during 2007 to identify all measures necessary to minimize the impact of the pipeline on the environment and on local communities along its path.

The pipeline, with a design capacity of 1.6 BSCFD, will supply the immediate and future gas requirements of one of Dolphin Energy’s major customers, ADWEA, at their existing Fujairah 1 and the new Fujairah 2 Power Stations and Desalination Plants. The new Fujairah 2 plant will be built next to the existing Fujairah 1 plant at Qidfa, on the Arabian Sea north of Fujairah city, which already receives gas from Dolphin Energy via the company’s Al Ain to Fujairah pipeline.

A contract of the manufacture and delivery of coated line pipe was awarded to Salzgitter Mannesman International of Germany December 2007. A Design and Build contract was awarded to PJSC Stroytransgaz in July 2008. Construction of the right of way commenced in January 2009 with the first milestone being achieved in August 2009 with the supply of early commissioning gas to Fujairah 2. In March 2010 a further milestone was achieved with the testing and commissioning of the first 128 kilometers of pipeline linking the company’s Receiving Facilities in Taweelah and the connection point to Dolphin Energy’s existing Al Ain to Fujairah Pipeline allowing the delivery of 350 MMSCFD of gas to ADWEA’s Fujairah F2 plant.

Completion of the full project scope of 244 kilometers of pipeline through the mountains of Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah, together with new receiving facilities in Qidfa and modifications to the facilities in Taweelah will be completed in January 2011

In addition, the company is currently in the process of finalizing the 244 kilometer Taweelah – Fujairah Pipeline project. Although not slated for completion until the end of 2010, the pipeline is already transporting vital gas supply to the eastern region of the UAE.