UAE’s Shah Gas Development project has reached its full production capacity of 28.3mn cu/m, according to Al Hosn Gas chief executive Saif Ahmed al Ghafli
Al Hosn Gas is a 60:40 joint venture between UAE’s ADNOC and USA’s Occidental Petroleum, and manages the Shah sour gas field that lies around 200 km west of Abu Dhabi.
The project is considered a highly ambitious one for the UAE as it is designed to develop and process very sour gas. Some of the largest amine treating and sulphur recovery units have been used on this plant for extraction. The project is likely to process 0.5 bcf per day of sour gas, according to project officials.
Earlier this year, Ghafli had anticipated that the project would reach its full capacity by the end of 2015. He had said that the scale of the project was larger than any other sour gas project worldwide. The field has very high levels of hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide, making it a hugely profitable project for the country.
