ESNAAD, a wholly owned subsidiary of ADNOC Group, has opened its latest facility - a brine plant capable of producing 2,000 to 3,000 barrels per day to service the oil and gas facilities offshore Abu Dhabi.
ESNAAD's brine plant was developed in technical partnership with a major international service company, ensuring the highest levels of quality and safety, while transferring technical expertise and knowledge to the company's UAE National engineers, in line with ESNAAD's strategic objectives to develop in-house technical capabilities.
The new brine plant produces various types of brine including sodium chloride and calcium chloride and also has the capacity to produce the heavier brines such as calcium bromide and sodium bromide. The plant also receives used brine for filtering, cleaning and treating before sending back to the rigs.
Darwish Al Qubaisi, General Manager of ESNAAD, says: "For the operating companies there are a number of benefits to outsourcing brine production as opposed to mixing it on the rigs: they can make significant savings on space and man-hours; safety issues are removed, and the final product is cleaner and more consistent as it has been produced under laboratory conditions in our plant."
Brine plant advantages include:
- Rig space saving for Dry Materials and mixing facilities - almost 270 square metres per rig.
- Fresh water storage and availability at rig site.
- Rig time saving for mixing and manpower involved.
- Transportation of materials and Fresh Water.
- Rig Power saving
- Minimized Risk for mixing and injuries.
- Eliminate the cost and risk for the disposal of used bags.
- Support of environmental impacts exerted in the operation.
- Ensured Consistency of the finished product delivered to all rigs.
- Ensured Availability of the products round the clock
- Cost saving to the ADNOC operating companies
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The brine plant is the third dedicated production facility within the ESNAAD base in Abu Dhabi - the company already has a grinding plant producing mud drilling chemicals (barite, bentonite and attapulgite) as well as a blending plant for the production of specialized production chemicals.
ESNAAD is a leading provider of oil and gas services in Abu Dhabi, servicing offshore oil operations in the region, offering a variety of quality products and services in three main areas:
Oilfield Services: provides a range of specialized well services and chemical products to the oil and gas industry within the UAE OPCO's and GCC countries.
Offshore Services: provides world-class marine logistics support services to the needs of the offshore oil and gas industry in the UAE and neighbouring countries.
Onshore Services: responsible for ESNAAD's core activities such as material handling, port services, manpower/equipment hire, property rental, maintenance and engineering projects, waste management and other services. ESNAAD has over 35 years of proven experience delivering world class logistics support at the highest quality standards according to international best practice.
For more information, please contact Jennifer Palmer, PR & Media Publications Specialist, ESNAAD on +971 (0)2 6029373 or +971 (0)50 8196454 or jenniferp@esnaad.com
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