Al Hosn Gas, the joint venture of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC, 60%) and US Occidental Petroleum (40%), aims to raise the processing capacity of its Al Hosn sour gas facility by 50% within the next five years.
The US$10bn sour gas production facility started in January 2015 and reached its full capacity of 1 bcf/d (28 mcm/d, or 10.3 bcm/year) of usable gas in late 2015. It produces 500 mcf/d (14 mcm/d) of network gas, 4,400 tonnes/day of NGLs and 33,000 bbl/d of condensate.
This project is part of Abu Dhabi's plans to boost hydrocarbon infrastructures, in order to raise oil output from 2.9 mb/d to 3.5 mb/d in 2017. Abu Dhabi is also planning to increase its LNG import capacity, thanks to the Emirates LNG storage and regasification terminal planned in Fujairah by 2020 (9 Mt/year). The United Arab Emirates also plan to expand the Dolphin Gas pipeline that imports gas from neighbouring Qatar, to reach its full import capacity.