Greener future: on the cards for Abu Dhabi
SNC-Lavalin bags Adfec carbon capture job
The United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Adfec) has asked Canada's SNC-Lavalin to carry out a feasibility study on a project to capture carbon emissions and boost oil output, it said today.
The aim is to pump the gas to oilfields for injection underground to sustain reservoir pressure and maximise crude output, while freeing up the natural gas that is currently reinjected for this purpose.
The UAE aims to boost capacity to 3.5 million barrels per day early next decade from its current level of between 2.8 million bpd and 2.9 million bpd.
The study will be completed by the end of this year, government-run Adfec said in a statement.
Adfec added the study is the first step in establishing a country-wide network of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.
The multi-billion dollar CCS project will be the largest of its kind in the world and the first to be undertaken at a national level, Adfec said.
SNC-Lavalin will identify and evaluate the potential for capturing emissions from the UAE's oil and gas production facilities, power plants, petrochemical facilities and existing and planned industrial plants.
It will also provide conceptual engineering for capturing, processing, transporting and storing carbon.
SNC-Lavalin was one of five companies that Adfec invited to bid. The others were Foster Wheeler, Technip, Parsons and Jacobs Engineering.