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 Map showing location of Lobito.
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 Overview of Lobito.
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 Crude oil production graph.
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 The oil sector is booming, fuelling both exploration and production and refinery expansion.
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 Angola already has one existing refinery in Luanda.
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 The Ruwais oil refinery.
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 The headquarters of Adnoc.
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 The first refinery in the UAE was established at Umm Al Nar, pictured here.
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 Map showing location of Ruwais.
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 BAPCO is commissioning a series of projects designed to completely modernise diesel production at the refinery and to bring its diesel products into compliance with new emissions regulations in the US and Europe.
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 A new hydrocracker unit with a capacity of 60,000bpd is being constructed to produce low sulphur diesel.
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 The units to be upgraded comprise a mild hydrocracker, a catalytic reformer, a distillate hydrotreater and a visbreaker.
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 The Bahrain refinery completed some major upgrades to the production capacity and infrastructure in early 2004.
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 The crude oil supply is still fed from the Bahrain field (just over 16%) and Saudi Arabia by an under-sea pipeline.
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 A hydrocracker unit similar to the one being constructed by JGC Corporation of Japan.
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 The Escravos gas-to-liquids project site with a representation of the facility overlaid, showing room for expansion if required.
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 The site prior to construction (sand base laid down).
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 Africa has a large reserve of gas – 10.2 trillion cubic metres.
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 The Escravos field will provide all the raw materials.
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 The gas-to-liquids process schematic.
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 The tank farm which will be needed for the storage of crude produced at the development.
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 A drilling platform at the Khurais project.
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 Surveying in the field.
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 A map of Saudi Arabia.
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 Refining capacity will have to increase if the bpd target is to be realised.
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 The Qatari desert is a harsh environment for conducting engineering projects.
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 Although most of the LNG recovered will be for the domestic market, some will be exported.
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 The gas will be piped to a land-based processing plant and then pumped out to a tanker.
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 An offshore facility will be constructed to recover LNG from the new gas field.
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 Qatar's Al Khaleej Gas - phase two project was announced in July 2006.
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 Gas production platform in the Qatar north field where the gas will come from to supply the two new production trains.
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 Qatar Gas I production train, the new projects will be situated next door to this, allowing them to share infrastructure and services.
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 The new project will be similar to this one already constructed in Qatar.
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 Map of Qatar showing the extent of the north field close to the coast of Iran.
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 The gas will be transported by tanker fleet to receiving terminals in the USA.
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 A gas liquefaction train similar to the ones to be constructed for QG III and IV.
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 The Sohar Refinery Company is constructing a new grass roots refinery in Wilayat of Sohar, Oman.
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 The new refinery will use NExTAME etherification technology and PRIME-G+ desulphurisation technology.
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 The refinery is designed to process a mixed feedstock of Oman crude oil and atmospheric residue from the Oman Refining Company.
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 A number of other production plants are being constructed at the Wilayat of Sohar site to take advantage of feedstocks from the refinery.
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 Atmospheric distillation unit in position.
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 Map showing the proximity of Qatar to the UAE and how far the pipeline will have to run.
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 Dolphin gas project pipeline construction continuing.
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 Rolls Royce turbines ready for delivery to the Dolphin gas project.
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 Dolphin gas project pipeline construction.
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 One of the Dolphin gas project production platforms.
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 The Gulf of Guinea and the location of Bioko Island.
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 The region where the suspension bridge will be constructed to carry the pipelines to and from the jetty.
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 Construction work on the liquefaction train number one.
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 Engineering and construction is very well advanced.
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 Bioko island has been taken over by the construction work.
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 The Pearl gas-to-liquids project is situated at Ras Laffan, 80km north of Doha.
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 The gas-to-liquids project is totally integrated involving the upstream production as well as downstream.
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 Pipe racks such as these will be part of the Pearl GTL complex.
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 Honeywell are providing automation and control equipment including one of the largest fieldbuses ever constructed.
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 Storage tank farms will be important to store products prior to export.
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 The map shows where the Tunisian gas fields are and their proximity to the existing Hannibal gas processing plant, 21km south of Sfax.
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 The construction is already underway for the new plant.
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 The new plant will turn this area of Tunisia into a major employer.
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 Petrofac is dedicated to providing the best possible gas plant as this is their first contract for BGT in Tunisia.
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 The Hasdrubal gas processing plant will be constructed adjacent to the existing Hannibal plant.
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 The project will involve the construction of two new large gas processing trains.
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 The Qasr gas reserves are in the Western desert.
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 The gas field is still being explored by test drilling to fully exploit the reserves.
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 Much of the infrastructure for the two new trains is already in place in the Salam facility.
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 Apache have some large supply contracts to fill and will need to bring the new processing capacity online promptly in 2008.
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 The new SajGas processing plant.
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 The gas processing undertaken by the SajGas plant.
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 The SajGas gas processing plant was constructed within budget and without any major accidents.
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 Further additions to the SajGas plant may be considered in the future.
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 Petrofac along with the two major subcontractors provided excellent service.
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 The plant removes CO2 and hydrogen sulphide and also produces solid sulphur as a marketable product.
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 The aftermath of the explosion that had destroyed three LNG compression trains at Skikda LNG plant in 2004.
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 The Skikda LNG plant prior to the explosion, which killed 27 workers and left 74 injured.
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 Work has now started on the construction of a new LNG train for the Skikda plant to replace the three that were destroyed.
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 The state-of-the-art Skikda plant may well be able to produce helium as well as LNG.
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 Skikda is well placed on the Algerian coast with excellent port facilities and infrastructure.
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 A plan of the old Skikda LNG plant prior to the explosion showing how train 10 suffered less damage by virtue of its position.
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 The pipeline can export around 500,000 barrels of crude oil a day.
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 The Melut Basin is 700 miles south of Khartoum and the east of the River Nile.
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 The pipeline has six pumping stations and needs regular maintenance.
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 Part of the oil-gathering infrastructure in the existing processing facility.
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 Oil-processing facility at Palouge.
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 Storage tanks at Port Sudan.
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 The Moleeta field-processing facility is under construction.
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 The Melut Basin is in the south of the country (green area on the satellite map).
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 Saudi Aramco is the largest oil company in the world and hope to increase production beyond 12.5 million barrels a day by 2010.
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 The Manifa field is in the Arabian Gulf and was first discovered in 1957.
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 The oil wells will have acquifer water re-injected to maintain the pressure.
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 The Manifa project will produce heavy crude which will then be refined to produce products for the US market.
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 The Manifa project will require the drilling of around 25 new production wells.
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 The Al Shaheen contract includes the refinery and an onshore / offshore pipeline.
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 A number of contractors have shown interest in the Al Shaheen EPC.
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 The Al Shaheen refinery is expected to be onstream by 2011.
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 The Al Shaheen refinery will include special units to upgrade bottom-of-barrel products.
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 The new Citadel refinery will be on a site adjacent to the existing Mostorod refinery.
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 The new Citadel refinery will be a major producer of diesel oil.
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 The refinery will produce 100,000bpd of refined products.
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 Citadel Capital is providing equity for the refinery project.
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 The refinery is part of a plan by the Egyptian Oil Ministry to increase the country's refining capacity.
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 Map of Angola; the new LNG plant is to be built at Soyo, on the country's north coast.
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 LNG facility storage vessel; once built, the new plant is expected to produce 6.8 billion cubic metres of gas a year.
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 An LNG carrier approaches US port; the first gas is expected to be shipped to the new terminal at Pascagoula, Mississippi in 2012.
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 The LNG carrier British Trader; the project is widely expected to establish Angola as a major competitive source of LNG.
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 Map of the Mississippi region bordering the Gulf of Mexico. Sonangol, the Angolan national oil company holds a 30% interest in the new Pascagoula terminal.
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 Employees in discussion aboard the Jack Ryan in Angolan waters. The project is hoped to stimulate further exploration and help drive the country's economy.
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 Despite its traditional image, the Omani government is trying to make the country into a centre of industrial development.
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 The opening of the LNG plant at Qalhat is part of a major programme.
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 Map showing Oman.
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 The plant's storage tanks.
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 Two LPG storage tanks, seen from out to sea.
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 A view of Qeshm Island.
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 Qeshm Island has extensive port facilities.
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 Qeshm Island has been the proposed site of oil refinery projects before.
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 A satellite picture of Qeshm Island, just off the coast of Iran.
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 The two refineries may be built using a significant proportion of foreign investment.
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 The Bandar Abbas refinery is now to receive a pipeline from Qeshm Island.
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 A map showing how strategically placed Qeshm Island is for the Iranians.
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 Qatar Gas is expanding its facilities at the Ras Laffan industrial city natural gas liquefaction plant in Qatar.
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 LNG import terminal, as is being constructed at Milford Haven.
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 One of the types of super LNG transport vessel.
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 A fleet of 16 to 18 LNG carriers will be constructed to support shipping of the lean LNG to the dedicated UK terminal.
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 The project will exploit the large gas reserves of the Qatar North Field.
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 The two new trains (LNG 4 and 5) are to be installed in the confines of the existing Qatar Gas facility.
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 Map showing Bahrain.
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 View of the Bahrain refinery at sunset.
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 Crude oil pipelines going to the refinery.
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 The refining capacity is fed by Bahrain's large oil and gas production industry.
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 Overview of the Nigeria LNG project.
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 Overview of the Bonny Island LNG plant.
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 The Bonny Island LNG plant under construction.
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 This drilling rig in the Soku oil field is one of the many Shell has in Nigeria.
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 Tank farm in the Bonny Island oil terminal.
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 The Qatar Gas I project involved the construction of a new LNG plant from scratch with all attendant infrastructure.
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 The existing fleet for LNG transport is 16 vessels, but the fleet is growing all the time as demand is high.
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 The first LNG carrier departed Ras Laffan port in December 1996, delivering the initial shipment to the Kawagoe Terminal in Japan
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 Debottlenecking involved replacing or upgrading some of the key process equipment, such as compressors and turbines, in order to expand the capacity of each of the three LNG trains from 2mtpa to 3mtpa.
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 The plant was completed in 1997 and has over sold its entire capacity every year since.
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 A member of the Chadian Presidential Guard at the Komé groundbreaking ceremony.
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 A red carpet leads to the plaque commemorating the start of construction of the pipeline.
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 Esso Chad President Tom Walters at the groundbreaking ceremony in Cameroon.
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 A well head, measuring about five feet tall, marks the site of an exploratory well.
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 The pipeline consortium has been accused of causing environmental damage during construction.
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 The route of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline.
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 The World Bank provided finance to develop the oil wealth of Chad and Cameroon.
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 The Jebel Ali port handles very large quantities of oil and gas as the 2001 statistics show. The taller columns represent oil cargoes, and the smaller gas. This is a reflection of the UAE's reliance on hydrocarbon industries.
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 The Jebel Ali refinery increases the UAE's capacity by more than a third. The Jebel Ali plant increases the country's total capacity to more than 300,000 barrels/day.
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 The process technology for the plant was developed at the Kellogg Brown & Root Technology Centre (KBRTC)
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 The ENOC plant is in Dubai, in the north eastern part of the Emirates.
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 The first weld of the 1,768km BTC pipeline.
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 BP's Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline will take oil from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean via Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
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 The pipeline being laid in Azerbaijan.
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 655,000t of steel will be used in the construction of the BTC pipeline.
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 Over 150,000 steel pipes will be used.
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 Pipeline trenching began in 2003.
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 Eight pumping stations are required to boost oil pressure along the route.
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 Snow held up construction of the BTC pipeline in Turkey during winter.
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 Construction of the marine terminal in Turkey.
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 Pipe laying and backfilling in progress in Azerbaijan.
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 The pipeline crosses the land of 20,000 individuals and companies who have been compensated for the acquisition of rights.
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 The pipeline is protected against corrosion for its entire length.
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 The Haradh natural gas and oil development consists of a gas plant and a state-of-the-art Gas Oil Separation Plant (GOSP).
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 87 wells feed into Haradh gas plant. These are linked to the plant by three manifolds at Haradh, Waqr and Tinat.
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 The plant consists of four gas trains to process the gas - two for the sweet low sulphur Unayzah gas and two for the sour Khuff gas.
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 Engineers inspecting valves at the Haradh natural gas and oil development.
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 Haradh Gas Plant has a design capacity to deliver 170,000bpd of condensate to Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq processing facility.
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 The GOSP features two condensate stabilisers and two sour water strippers to perform gas dehydration, dew point control and sales gas compression.
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 Saudi Aramco are developing the Qatif and Abu Sa'fah fields as a single large-scale project.
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 Location map showing the Qatif and Abu Sa'fah fields.
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 Qatif processing vessel.
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 Qatif heat recovery system.
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 The Qatif field will be the company's first to be self-sufficient in power and steam, through the construction of an on-site co-generation plant.
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 The Industrial Support Facilities Complex consisting of an administration building and maintenance workshops.
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 A critical component of the Qatif and Abu Sa'fah project is the expansion of the Berri Gas Plant.
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 The three process technologies incorporated in the GTL complex are syngas production, Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis over a catalyst bed, and hydrocarbon upgrading with mild hydrocracking / hydrotreating.
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 The second generation gas-to-liquids complex will be supplied with 330,000ft³/d of lean methane rich gas from the Qatar North gas field.
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 Heat exchangers, as will be required for the Oryx GTL facilities.
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 Hydrocracker, as will be used in the hydrocarbon upgrading process.
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 Liquids storage vessels at Ras Laffan.
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 Map of Qatar showing where the North fields are located.
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 The new SEGAS LNG complex will primarily supply LNG to the Spanish market via a new receiving terminal at Sagunto in Spain.
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 The majority of the gas exported will be used for the supply of new 'cleaner' gas-fired power stations in Spain.
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 The new SEGAS liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex in Damietta, Egypt, came on-stream in 2004.
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 Computer rendering of the finished LNG Train 1.
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 Saudi Aramco has begun construction on two major projects: the Khursaniyah oil and gas programme and the Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) recovery programme.
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 Part of the Hawiyah gas plant currently being expanded.
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 The Khursaniyah oil and gas programme will develop oil and gas production facilities for the onshore Abu Hadriya, Fadhili and Khursaniyah oil fields.
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 Storage tank farm for NGL products.
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 Gas plant infrastructure for the new expansion.
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