ADNOC Gas and its subsidiaries, a world-class integrated gas processing company, announced today that it awarded Worley Engineering the front-end engineering and design contract for new gas processing facilities at Bab Gas Cap (BGC). The new facilities will likely boost ADNOC Gas’ current processing capacity by 20 percent or over 1.8 billion standard cubic feet per day with a final investment decision (FID) expected in 2026.
“Today is an important step forward for this project, which has the potential to substantially increase our gas processing capacity, unlock additional revenue and strengthen ADNOC Gas’ position as a global gas supplier,” stated Dr. Ahmed Alebri, CEO of ADNOC Gas.
Production optimization
Worley Engineering, headquartered in Australia and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. The company will design the project’s processing facilities to optimize the production of natural gas liquids (NGL), condensate, sales gas, and sulfur.
“This ambitious project will deploy state-of-the-art gas processing technologies and make an important contribution to the UAE’s gas self-sufficiency efforts. We are pleased to see the BGC project reach this stage,” added Alebri.
The BGC project supports ADNOC’s broader gas growth strategy. In addition, it will make a notable contribution to the UAE’s gas self-sufficiency. Besides, advancements on the Bab Gas Cap follow the approval of ADNOC Gas’ new growth strategy which targets an increase of over 40 percent in earnings by 2029.
In the UAE, the annual growth in gas demand by 2030 will likely reach 6 percent. Higher economic activity, population growth and industrial expansion amid the AI boom will drive this strong increase in demand. To participate in this new demand growth, ADNOC Gas also plans to increase capital expenditure from $13 to $15 billion in 2025-2029.
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Design scope
The project’s design scope includes the development of gas processing and conditioning units, acid gas recovery units, and dehydration units. In addition, it encompasses sulfur recovery units, NGL recovery units, and CO2 capture facilities. Moreover, it includes the construction of injection facilities and associated utilities, along with the design and routing of new product pipelines for the efficient transfer of liquid sulfur to the Habshan Sulfur Granulation Plant.
The facilities will also receive hydrocarbons from an innovative development of the Bab field. Following advanced field development studies and leveraging state-of-the-art technologies, ADNOC has enabled the simultaneous development of oil and gas within the field whilst unlocking a potential production of 1.5 BCFD of gas and 80 MBD of condensate.
