ADNOC asserts first oil production from AL Dhafra Petroleum

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company attains milestone for one of its youngest operating companies, AL Dhafra Petroleum with a massive capital investment to establish facilities and enable oil production from Haliba field. ADNOC’s plans to start production from Haliba with an initial capacity of 20,000 barrels of oil per day by mid-2019, progressively increasing to 40,000 barrels per day by 2020.

Phase one of the  EPC work will include 32 wells and construction of a 65km pipeline to carry crude oil from Haliba field wells to ADNOC Onshore’s Asab Central Degassing Station for processing. Stabilized crude oil will then be transported via ADNOC Onshore’s existing main oil lines to the marine export terminals.

Abdulmunim Al Kindy, Director of Upstream at ADNOC said “This is a major milestone for Al Dhafra Petroleum, leading to the delivery of first oil in 2019. The infrastructure investment will increase our Group-wide production capacity and optimize our assets by utilizing our existing onshore facilities, allowing ADNOC to develop previously untapped oil reserves in an efficient way. It is an important step towards enhancing the profitability of ADNOC’s Upstream business as we deliver on our 2030 Strategy.

Phase one of  the Haliba Development Project will be completed in 2020 with phase two delivering future expansion of Al Dhafra Petroleum’s production capacity by tapping into surrounding marginal fields and prospects, potentially increasing production capacity to beyond 40,000 barrels per day by early 2022.