ABU DHABI, Nov. 1st, 2008: Dolphin Energy Limited today said it began to supply gas to Oman today, completing the strategic Qatar-UAE-Oman natural gas grid first proposed in 1999.
The company announced that Dolphin gas from Qatar was now flowing to the Sultanate for the very first time, as part of a 25 year Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) signed in 2005. Al Dolphins gas is produced offshore Qatar and is processed onshore at its Ras Laffan Gas Processing Plant. The gas is then compressed and pumped through the Export Pipeline to Dolphins Receiving Facilities in Abu Dhabi, UAE, for distribution to customers. Supplies for Oman subsequently flow across the country via the companys Eastern Gas Distribution System (EGDS) to Al Ain, where the EGDS connects with a new Omani pipeline on the Oman border. Dolphin Energy began to deliver gas to UAE customers in July 2007: it has been supplying them with an average of 2 billion standard cubic feet of gas a day (scf/day) since February 2008. Oman will be receiving some 10 percent of this quantity, 200 million scf/day, under the terms of the GSA. Dolphin Energys CEO, Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh said: "This is a historic moment for Dolphin Energy it is equally significant for the three nations who have embraced and supported the Dolphin Gas Project from the very beginning. "We have always been grateful for Omans supply of gas to our Al Ain-Fujairah pipeline project in 2004, which enabled us to deliver much needed gas to the Northern Emirates three to four years earlier than if we had waited for completion of our Qatar facilities. "Now Dolphin, in its turn, can contribute to Omans own future economic growth."Dolphin Energy Limited was created to develop substantial energy projects throughout the GCC and to create long-term economic wealth and new business opportunities for GCC citizens, far into the future. Dolphin Energy s major strategic initiative, the Dolphin Project, involves the production and processing of natural gas from Qatars North Field, and transportation of the dry gas by sub-sea export pipeline from Qatar to the UAE, which began in July 2007.Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2008.
