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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), in partnership with Occidental Petroleum, announced on Tuesday its intention to expand its Al Hosn facility, which will increase sour gas processing by 50 percent of existing capacity.
The plant could become operational within the life span of ADNOC’s new five-year business plan, part of the company’s ‘2030 Strategy’, which was recently approved by Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Petroleum Council.
Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and CEO of the ADNOC Group, said, “A key element of our 2030 strategy is to ensure we produce sufficient gas to meet our steadily increasing requirement for gas, and match rising demand from our international customers. Sour gas will play an important role in ensuring we deliver on those commitments. “For the first time, ADNOC has an integrated Gas Master Plan which links every part of our gas value chain. This will ensure greater efficiency and performance and enable us to maximise the value of our gas assets and pursue, smart, targeted investments to achieve our strategic objectives.â€
Al Hosn, one of the world’s largest plants producing sour gas, began operations in 2015 and reached its full capacity of one billion cubic feet per day in the second quarter of that year.
The US$10 billion facility was inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, in April.