Completion of the 48 inch diameter Taweelah – Fujairah Pipeline will see the natural gas transportation capacity to the Fujairah-1 and 2 electric power stations increase by 350 MMcf/d, providing sufficient gas capacity to fully operate both plants.
The pipeline represents the first phase of a pipeline expansion project totalling 244 km. The second phase of the pipeline, measuring 116 km in length, is scheduled for completion by the end of the third quarter this year will facilitate direct gas transfer between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah.
Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company, Dubai Supply Authority, and Oman Oil Company have each signed a 25-year gas supply agreements with Dolphin Energy.
Mubadala Development Company, on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Government, owns the controlling stake of 51 per cent in Dolphin Energy, with French firm Total and America’s Occidental Petroleum each holding interests of 24.5 per cent.
