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Dolphin Energy Takes Over Operation and Maintenance of its Al Ain-Fujairah Pipeline
Emarat Thanked for Management of Gas Supply to UAE East Coast During Initial Two Years
Dolphin Energy Limited announced today that it has taken over responsibility for the Operations & Maintenance
(O & M) of its Al Ain to Fujairah natural gas pipeline.
Emirates General Petroleum Corporation (Emarat) had previously managed O & M for the two-year old pipeline from January 2004 to December 2005.
In a statement to mark the occasion, Dolphin Energy CEO Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh said: “Our agreement with Emarat enabled Dolphin to appropriately prepare for the Operation & Maintenance Systems and Procedures and for taking over full responsibility for the pipeline system. We thank Emarat management for the work they have discharged during the past two years.
“The time has now come for Dolphin Energy itself to manage this pipeline – just as we shall ourselves manage the more substantial offshore sealines and our main Export Pipeline from Qatar, when completed later this year.”
Dolphin Energy’s 24-inch, 182-kilometer long Al Ain to Fujairah pipeline was commissioned in January 2004. It currently transports Dolphin natural gas, sourced from Oman, to the Union Water and Electricity (UWEC) power and desalination plant on the UAE East Coast.
Long-term Dolphin gas supplies from Qatar’s offshore North Field will become available for Fujairah in early 2007, as well as for Oman in 2008.
Dolphin Energy’s major strategic initiative, the Dolphin Project, involves the production and processing of natural gas from Qatar – and transportation of the dry gas by pipeline to the UAE, from year-end 2006.
Dolphin Energy Limited
Dolphin Energy Limited was created to develop substantial energy projects throughout the GCC. Its objective is to create long-term economic wealth and new business opportunities for GCC citizens, far into the future. Dolphin Energy’s major strategic initiative, the Dolphin Project, involves the production and processing of natural gas from Qatar’s North Field, and transportation of the dry gas by sub-sea pipeline across joint UAE-Qatari waters to the UAE, beginning in 2006.
Dolphin Energy’s first initiative, the Al Ain to Fujairah Pipeline, came on stream in January 2004.The pipeline supplies the Fujairah Water and Power Plant on the UAE’s East Coast – initially with natural gas from Oman, and subsequently with Dolphin gas from Qatar. In May 2005, Dolphin began to supply natural gas to the UAE Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. The gas is being delivered via a tie-in near Qidfa between Dolphin’s Al Ain - Fujairah pipeline and the existing Emarat gas pipeline network.
Dolphin Energy is owned 51 percent by Mubadala Development Company, on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi – and 24.5 percent each by Total of France and Occidental Petroleum of the USA.
Detailed information about Dolphin Energy can be found on www.dolphinenergy.com
For further information contact:
Mirna Hijazi
Corporate Communications Manager
Tel +971 2 6995500
Fax +971 2 6995578