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THE ECONOMY - UAE OFFSETS GROUP
 Dolphin Energy awards US$418 million construction contract for Taweelah Fujairah gas pipeline
Posted on 23/07/2008
Dolphin Energy Limited announced yesterday the award of the construction contract for its new Taweelah to Fujairah Gas Pipeline (TFP) across the UAE to Stroytransgaz PJSC of Russia. Site work will begin during third quarter 2008.
The new gas pipeline will be 48 inches in diameter. It is to be laid over an environmentally approved cross-country route, through more than 240 kilometres of desert and mountainside - one of the longest and largest overland pipelines in the UAE.
The TFP will link
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 Dolphin Energy to fence key sections of Al Ain to Fujairah pipeline
Posted on 09/07/2008
Dolphin Energy announced Tuesday that work is about to begin to fence key sections of its Al Ain to Fujairah Gas Pipeline (AFP). The contract for $19.1m has been awarded to Al Husam General Contracting Establishment of Abu Dhabi, who will erect fencing along more than 100 kilometres of the 184 kilometre pipeline, a company press release said today.
This program has been designed to improve security and to ensure public safety. Some 40 kilometres of guard-rail will be installed as a security
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 Dolphin Energy to run EGDS network
Posted on 18/06/2008
Dolphin Energy Limited will run for 25-years Adnoc's Eastern Gas Distribution System (EGDS) in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, after a lease agreement has been signed here yesterday.
This well-established pipeline network will be managed by Dolphin Energy for 25 years. The EGDS is currently used to supply gas to ADNOC's customers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and will be leased by Dolphin to deliver the company's processed gas from Qatar to customers across the UAE, and shortly to Oman.
The Lease
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 Dolphin seeks more natural gas from Qatar
Posted on 31/05/2008
Dolphin Energy is negotiating with Qatar for a possible expansion of natural gas supplies to meet an expected increase in demand by its clients in the UAE and Oman, according to the company's chief executive.
Ahmed Al Sayegh said Dolphin would provide both countries with 56.6 million cubic metres of natural gas per day through its subsea pipeline but its capacity is 60 per cent higher.
"The Dolphin export pipeline has been constructed for maximum physical throughput of some 90.6 million
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 Mohammed bin Zayed, Tamim bin Hamad inaugurate Dolphin plant
Posted on 13/05/2008
His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of Dolphin Energy Limited and His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Presidential Affairs, yesterday celebrated the inauguration of the Dolphin Gas Processing Plant in Qatar.
They were
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 Al Hameli: Dolphin project true reflection of UAE-Qatari relations
Posted on 13/05/2008
Energy Minister HE Mohammed bin Dhaen Al Hameli yesterday praised commissioning of Dolphin Energy Gas Processing Plant in Ras Laffan, saying it was a reflection of the strong fraternal ties between the UAE and Qatar. "The Dolphin Energy Gas Processing Plant is a vital energy project that paves the road for other intra-GCC development projects," Al Hameli said. "The project will add a great value to the GCC economies and boost the rapid development currently witnessed in the GCC region," he
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 UAE-Qatar Dolphin project comes in at US$5bn
Posted on 12/05/2008
The UAE and Qatar have pumped nearly US$5 billion (Dh18.3bn) into the Dolphin project, which involves the first major trans-Gulf gas pipeline and one of the world's largest natural gas treatment facilities, officials said yesterday.
The project, to be officially launched by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, will pump nearly two billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of natural gas to Abu Dhabi and nearby Oman, but supplies could be increased later, said Dolphin Energy Director-General
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 Priced tenders due this week for Dolphin's Taweelah - Fujairah Pipeline (TFP)
Posted on 06/05/2008
Dolphin Energy Limited announced today that the priced tenders for the "Design '&' Build” of the forthcoming Taweelah to Fujairah Pipeline (TFP) are due for submission by Wednesday, May 7 2008. Technical tenders have been accepted from five international construction companies, which have accordingly been requested to proceed to the commercial bid stage. They are: Al Jaber Energy Services, UAE; Consolidated Contractors International (CCC), Greece; Dodsal, India; Stroytransgaz (STG) of Russia
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 Dolphin Energy wins 'Best Company in Gas' award at 2008 'Oil Oscars'
Posted on 13/03/2008
Dolphin Energy Limited has won the coveted category of 'Best Company in Gas' at the 7th Annual Middle East Excellence in Energy Awards. These were organized by the region's leading energy publication, Pipeline Magazine, under the patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Airline and of the Dubai Supply Authority. The award, which was made by the magazine's specialist panel of independent judges, recognizes
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![]() Mohammed bin Zayed appoints advisor to Offset Programme
Posted on 10/03/2008
HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi has issued, in his capacity as Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, a resolution appointing Mohammed Saif Al Mazrouei an advisor to the Chairman of the Offset Programme Bureau, headed by Sheikh Mohammed. The resolution no. 14 for the year 2008 has also appointed Saif Mohammed Al Hajeri as Chief Executive Officer of the Offset Programme Bureau, succeeding Mohammed Saif Al Mazrouei in the post.
Saif Al Hajeri
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 Dolphin Energy reaches full gas production and supply target
Posted on 12/02/2008
Dolphin Energy Limited has, for the first time, achieved its target daily production rate of 2 billion standard cubic feet of gas a day (scf/day) - the equivalent in energy terms of over 350,000 barrels of oil equivalent. Dolphin's initial supplies of processed natural gas from Qatar to UAE began to flow in July 2007. Since then, Dolphin Energy has been transporting gas through the company's export pipeline in ever increasing quantities. Production has gradually been ramped up as all elements
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 US$10m company to boost offset investments
Posted on 09/02/2008
The Offset Programme Bureau (OPB) is one of the largest establishments created by the UAE to secure foreign capital as part of its long-term strategy to diversify the economy away from reliance on oil.
The offset system requires foreign arms suppliers to invest part of the value of the order in the UAE. The system applies to the country's latest aircraft deal with Lockheed Martin involving the purchase of several F-16 fighter jets, the OPB's CEO Mohammed Saif Al Mazrouei said in an interview
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 Dolphin expects gas flow to hit full capacity from February
Posted on 23/01/2008
Some two billion standard cubic feet of natural gas will be delivered per day from February via the Dolphin gas pipeline connecting Qatar with the UAE, according to the chief executive officer of Dolphin Energy.
"Currently, about 1.5 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day is being transported through the pipeline. This month all our trains became operational. So we are building up capacity to reach two billion, which is the maximum capacity," Ahmad Ali Al Sayegh told Gulf News on the
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 Dolphin Energy announces routine maintenance program for its plant and facilities in 2009
Posted on 21/01/2008
Dolphin Energy Limited has issued a statement, further to the appearance of a Dolphin Energy maintenance advertisement. Dolphin Energy Limited will undertake a routine maintenance and inspection program for the Stream 1 facilities of the Dolphin gas processing plant and one production platform in Qatar during the first quarter of 2009.
This pre-planned program will involve a shutdown of approximately half of Dolphin's gas flow from Qatar to the UAE for a period of between two and three weeks:
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 Offset launches new venture to enable small and medium-sized enterprises
Posted on 14/01/2008
The Offset Program Bureau (OPB) has facilitated the creation of one more joint venture under the UAE Offsets Program, which aims to add economic and commercial value to the UAE economy.
The new venture, Gulf Union Equipment Rental Company LLC, has been set up as a partnership between Abu Dhabi-based companies Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Bahar (MAB), and Saeed Matar Saeed Hamr Ain Al Mehairbi.
The Dh22 million (US$6 million) project is owned 51 percent by Al Mehairbi and 49 percent by MAB. It
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