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The Dolphin Gas Project is the natural gas project of Qatar , the United Arab Emirates , and Oman . It is the Gulf Cooperation Council 's first cross-border refined gas transmission project and the largest energy-related venture ever undertaken in the region.

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14-667: The Dolphin Gas Project was conceived in 1999 to produce, process, and transport natural gas from Qatar's North Field to the UAE and Oman. Despite the Qatar diplomatic crisis and the temporary severing of Qatar—UAE ties in 2017, the pipeline was unaffected and continued normal operations. The project involves: Dolphin Energy entered the business of gas supply in January 2004 when the company commissioned

28-405: A subsidiary of Eni . The 80-kilometre (50 mi) long sealines were laid in 2006. The Ras Laffan gas processing and compression plant is located at 25°55′31″N 51°30′58″E  /  25.92528°N 51.51611°E  / 25.92528; 51.51611 . It was designed by JGC Middle East FZE, a subsidiary of JGC Corporation . Ras Laffan is the single largest gas processing plant in

42-606: Is a Russian engineering construction company in the field of oil and gas industry . The company was founded in 1990. It was originally a subsidiary of Gazprom , but now controlled by Gennady Timchenko though his Volga Group SICAV SIF SA fund. The company has been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List on the US Department of the Treasury site because of connections to the annexation of Crimea by

56-557: Is the longest overland natural gas pipeline in the United Arab Emirates. Five companies were invited to bid by 7 May 2008 for design and construction, and on 22 July 2008, the $ 418 million contract was awarded to Stroytransgaz . Coated line pipes are supplied by Salzgitter Mannesmann International. The construction started in March 2009. On May 6, 2010, the second stage of the pipeline was completed and test deliveries started through

70-686: The 128-kilometre (80 mi) section. Construction of TFP was completed in November 2010. The Dolphin Gas Project is developed and operated by Dolphin Energy Limited, a company established in Abu Dhabi . It is the operator of all upstream, midstream, and downstream phases of the project. Dolphin Energy is 51% owned by Mubadala Investment Company , on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi , and 24.5% each owned by Total SE of France and Occidental Petroleum of

84-576: The Russian Federation . The company is involved in the engineering and construction of pipeline systems, oil and gas production facilities, underground gas storages, power stations, as well as civil and industrial structures and facilities. In addition to Russia, the company is active in the CIS countries , in the Middle East , Turkey, India, Algeria, Germany and Greece. It is involved in the construction of

98-413: The UAE (export pipeline) was designed by Saipem , an Italian contractor for the oil and gas industry, and the pipes were supplied by Mitsui of Japan. The 48-inch (1,200 mm) pipeline has capacity of 90.6 billion cubic metres (3.20 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas per year. The construction of the pipeline was objected by Saudi Arabia because of the border dispute between Saudi Arabia and

112-606: The UAE, however the pipeline was built. The gas receiving facilities at Taweelah were constructed as adjacent to the Taweelah Power Station and comprise three parallel gas-receiving trains and associated equipment, metering facilities, control buildings, and warehouses and interconnecting pipelines to the Taweelah Power Stations and to the existing Maqta-Jebel Ali Pipeline. The facilities were designed by Technip of Abu Dhabi and Al Jaber Energy Services Consortium of

126-529: The UAE. The construction was completed in 2006. The Al-Ain – Fujairah pipeline is a 182 kilometres (113 mi) long 24 inches (610 mm) natural gas pipeline with capacity of 20 billion cubic metres (710 billion cubic feet) of natural gas per year. The pipeline was constructed in 2003. In 2004-2005, the pipeline was operated by the Emirates General Petroleum Corporation (Emarat), and since 2006 by Dolphin Energy. Until 2008,

140-532: The United States. South Pars Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 762270780 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:38:32 GMT Stroytransgaz OAO Stroytransgaz ( Russian : Стройтрансгаз )

154-444: The natural gas pipeline connecting Al Ain with the emirate of Fujariah (considered a separate project.[2]). Gas from Oman was supplied for the purpose which meant that gas from one GCC nation flowed to another for the very first time. The total costs of the project are $ 7 billion, of which $ 3.5 billion are costs of the offshore pipeline.[2] The North Field facilities were designed by Foster Wheeler Sofresid . The first appraisal well

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168-477: The pipeline is used for supplying Omani natural gas to the Fujairah power and desalination plant . Starting from November 2008, the pipeline is used for a regular natural gas export from Qatar to Oman. The Taweelah – Fujairah pipeline is 244-kilometre (152 mi) long 48-inch (1,219 mm) pipeline between Taweelah gas receiving facilities and Fujairah to feed a new Fujairah based power and desalination plants . It

182-449: The world. The six compression trains are driven by 52 MW gas turbines supplied by Rolls-Royce Energy Systems . The plant came on line in 2006 and compresses up to 2 billion cubic feet per day (57 million cubic metres per day) of refined methane gas . The by-products condensate, propane and butane , are sold on spot markets , while ethane is supplied to QatarEnergy . The offshore pipeline from Ras Laffan to Taweelah in

196-566: Was completed in April 2002, while the second appraisal well was completed in June 2002. The offshore platforms were constructed by J Ray McDermott Middle East Inc. The first gas from the wells was produced on 25 June 2007. Two 36-inch (910 mm) diameter concrete-coated sealines to transport the production stream from the wellheads to the Ras Laffan processing plant were designed and installed by Saipem ,

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