Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services (EPS) division has been awarded a contract to provide managed maintenance services for ADNOC’s Al Dhafra Petroleum to support its operations at Haliba field, located onshore along the southeast border of Abu Dhabi. Al Dhafra Petroleum recently achieved first oil production at Haliba field on 1 June.
Al Dhafra Petroleum is a joint venture company between ADNOC and the Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC) and GSE Energy. The company explores and develops its concession area as it evaluates the commercial value of several fields.
Field appraisal and exploration have raised estimated original oil in place at Haliba to 1.1 billion bbl of oil from 180 million bbl and discovered “potential resources” in three fields designated Bu Tasah, Bu Nikhelah, and Al Humrah, , according to ADNOC.
ADNOC owns 60% of the joint venture; KNOC and GSE hold 40%.