$6.85 billion Adnoc gas processing plant inaugurated

ABU DHABI: Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra, officially inaugurated Adnoc’s $6.85 billion Habshan 5 gas processing plant on Friday.

The plant, which is linked, via a 215 km pipeline, to Adnoc’s offshore Umm Shaif gas field, has four gas processing trains and four sulphur recovery units. Its daily production capacity is 12,000 tonnes of natural gas liquids, 1.1 billion of sales gas; 5,200 tonnes of liquid sulphur and 3,000 barrels of condensate.

Sheikh Hamdan was welcomed to Habshan 5 by Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Adnoc Group CEO, Abdulaziz Abdulla Al Hajri, Downstream Director at Adnoc, and Dr Saif Sultan Al Nasseri, Adnoc Gas Processing CEO and other members of Adnoc’s Executive Leadership Team.

Sheikh Hamdan was accompanied by Engineer Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Energy Department, and Staff Major General Pilot Faris Khalaf Khalfan Al Mazrouei, Chief of the General Authority for the Security of Ports, Borders and Free Zones.

During his visit to Habshan 5, Sheikh Hamdan toured the plant and visited the main control room, where he was briefed on the plant’s advanced process control system and met female Adnoc employees working at the facility. He also attended a welcome reception at the Habshan 5’s Heritage Village, which celebrates the history of the UAE and its founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Sheikh Hamdan expressed his support for Adnoc’s 2030 strategy, a key pillar of which is to provide an economic and sustainable gas supply in support of the UAE’S longterm goal to become self-sufficient in domestic power generation.

Dr Al Jaber said: “Habshan 5 will help Adnoc provide the gas necessary to meet the nation’s increasing demand for electricity. It is a critical component in delivering our integrated gas strategy as we continue to focus on extracting maximum value from our assets, for the benefit of the nation.”