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Production

A CO 2

The TriGen gas generator system, side view.

Photo courtesy of Maersk Oil.

EOR solution

EOR is fast becoming a priority in the Middle East, has plans to increased daily production capacity to 3.5MM bbl/d, from 2.8MM not least the UAE. takes a look Elaine Maslin bbl/d. and describes how Maersk Oil’s TriGen technology

ADNOC is also looking to reduce CO 2 emissions. The ? rm recently signed a is hoping to provide a solution. joint venture (51:49) agreement with 2008, due to heavy use of natural gas for Masdar to set up the Middle East’s ? rst reinjection, for enhanced oil recovery company focused on exploring and (EOR), and growing domestic demand developing commercial-scale projects for for electricity, largely from gas-? red carbon capture, use and storage.

The JV plans to extract CO at Emirates facilities. 2

Steel, the UAE’s largest steelmaking facil-

With the likelihood of any further ity, compress it, and then transport it to major oil discoveries low, according to

ADNOC-operated oil? elds for EOR, and the EIA, EOR will play an increasing role storage. The project will sequester up to in the region, if production is to be main- 800,000-ton of CO annually, says ADNOC.

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The issues are not lost on Abu Dhabi The agreement has already seen an

National Oil Company (ADNOC), which AED450 million engineering, procure- ment and construction contract awarded to Dodsal Group to build a carbon diox- hanges are coming to the United ide (CO ) compression facility in Abu 2

Arab Emirates (UAE), which Dhabi, and a 50km pipeline, with project

C are likely to hail changes in the completion due in 2016.

companies making up the operating com- In addition, ADNOC is currently munity, and how they operate. selecting new partners for its legacy

According to the Energy Information onshore concession, due to expire this

Agency (EIA), the UAE holds the month [January], and an offshore conces- seventh-largest proved reserves of natural sion, scheduled to expire in 2018. gas in the world, at just over 215 trillion It is understood new concessions cubic feet (Tcf). being offered offshore Abu Dhabi by

Despite these numbers, the UAE ADNOC will contain requirement for

Bob Alford, senior business development became a net importer of natural gas in EOR initiatives in order to take recovery manager, Maersk Oil. Photo courtesy of Maersk Oil.

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