Abu Dhabi completes oil pipeline

Habshan–Fujairah oil pipeline

Project to carry 1.5mbpd of crude across UAE desert to Fujairah

Ipic, Abu Dhabi government’s overseas oil investment arm, launched the pipeline project two years ago and officials estimated its cost at around Dh12 billion, one of the largest pipeline ventures in the Middle East.

"The pipeline is designed to offset the reliance on oil terminals in the Arabian Gulf and to reduce shipping congestion through the Strait of Hormuz,". A strategic crude reservoir is being set up in Fujairah. From there, crude oil will be loaded aboard tankers anchored in safe waters.

Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s main oil producer which controls over 90 per cent of the country’s crude reserves, exports more than two million bpd of oil and nearly seven million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year.

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At the France-Fujairah Forum held in Fujairah on 29 September 2011, Sohail Iqbal sketched out the details on the Abu Dhabi Oil Pipeline, Terminal and Refinery Project in his keynote address on the big development projects that are boosting the expansion of Fujairah.

Here are the main points:

Basics

The details of the Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Project (ADCOP) Project:

+ Owner: International Petroleum Investment Company.

+ Location: The pipeline extends from Hadshan, Abu Dhabi to Fujairah.

+ Length: The pipeline is 370 kms in length.

+ Contract Type: Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC).

+ Payment Terms: Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK).

+ Facility Type: Crude oil pipeline.

+ Capacity: 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil.

Completion Date

The pipeline is expected to be complete by the second quarter of 2012.

Project Facilities

The facilities in this project include the following:

+ A pipe that is 370 km long and 48 inches in diameter.

+ A main pumping station.

+ An intermediate pumping station.

+ A main oil terminal.

+ Three Single Point Mooring (SPM) buoys for deepwater tanker loading at Fujairah.

Onshore Terminal

The details of the onshore terminal:

+ 8 tanks which have a 1 million barrel working volume and diameter of 110m.

+ Loading lines 64 inches (1.5m)

+ 12 ship loading pumps for a loading capacity of  80,000 bbl/hr for each SPM.

+ A fiscal metering station.

+ Focus on safety, fire, environmental protection and technical integrity.

Offshore Facilities

+ 3 SPM for VLCCs with 320,000 DWT.

+ 3 loading lines (48 inches) for  80,000 bbl/hr for each line.

+ Integration with future project requirements of the Fujairah Municipality and the Port of Fujairah.