Dolphin Qatar–UAE Natural Gas Pipeline
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Dolphin Qatar-UAE Natural Gas Pipeline, also known as Ras Laffan-UAE pipeline, is an operating natural gas pipeline in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman.[1]
Location
The Pipeline begins in Qatar and runs offshore through the Persian Gulf to Taweelah in the United Arab Emirates. From there, the pipeline intersects with a number of small pipelines which move throughout U.A.E. and branch out into Oman.[2]
Project Details
- Operator: Dolphin Energy[3]
- Parent Company: Mubadala Development Company (51%), Total (24.5%), Occidental Petroleum (24.5%)
- Capacity: 3,200 million cubic feet per day
- Diameter: 48 inches[4]
- Length: 370 kilometers/ 230 miles
- Status: Operating
- Cost: USD 3.5 billion[5]
- Start year: 2006
Background
Dolphin Energy, the constructor and operator of the project pipeline, is jointly owned by Mubadala Development Company (51%), Total of France (24.5%) and Occidental Petroleum of the United States (24.5%). The first phase involved the development of two platforms in Qatar’s North field, two multi-phase offshore sealines to the processing facilities and the gas treatment and compression plants at Ras Laffan. The second phase involved the construction of a 48in diameter, 260 mile (364km) subsea pipeline that carries gas to the UAE (cost $3.5bn). The second phase was completed in August 2006. The pipeline has a capacity of 2 billion cubic feet per day and potentially can carry upwards to 3.2 billion cubic feet per day.[5]
The Dolphin pipeline was the first pipeline laid as part of the Dolphin Natural Gas Project between Qatar and U.A.E. The second pipeline laid was the Al Ain - Fujairah pipeline, followed by the last the leg of the project, the Taweelah-Fujairah pipeline.[6]
The Dolphin Gas Project is one of the largest trans-border energy projects ever undertaken in the Middle East. The project brings natural gas from Qatar via pipeline to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The $7bn project has brought together three Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations – UAE, Qatar and Oman – into an integrated regional energy network for the first time.[7]
In 2015, Dolphin Energy raised $863 million in debt from BNP Paribas, MUFG, and SMBC to expand the pipeline’s capacity by adding three new compressors to the six already in operation.
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Dolphin Natural Gas Pipeline, A Barrel Full, accessed January 31, 2018
- ↑ Leigh Elston, South Korea seeks stronger ties with Oman to counter Strait closure, Interfax Global Energy, January 16, 2012
- ↑ "Operations | Dolphin Energy Limited". Dolphinenergy.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ↑ Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (2017). "52nd Edition: OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin" (PDF). Opec.org. p. 136. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Dolphin Gas Project, Hydrocarbons Technology, accessed February 2, 2018
- ↑ Dolphin Energy, Dolphin Energy, accessed February 2, 2018
- ↑ The Dolphin Gas Project, Hydrocarbons Technology, accessed February 2, 2018
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External resources
External articles
[[Category: Existing pipelines in the United Arab Emirates]
