Adnoc and American independent Occidental last week signed a strategic collaboration agreement to “explore increasing the production capacity” of the 1.45bn cfd Shah Gas field which is developed by Adnoc Sour Gas (Adnoc 60%, Oxy 40%) to 1.85bn cfd, according to Adnoc. The deal came during US President Trump’s visit to Abu Dhabi, where an unconventional exploration concession was awarded to US shale expert EOG Resources (MEES, 16 May).
The Shah gas field reached its current capacity in 2023, when it was expanded from 1.3bn (MEES, 19 May 2023). The field’s gas is extremely sour and sales gas output averaged around 730mn cfd cfd last year according to Oxy. Gross output of 1.85mn cfd would imply sales gas output of around 930mn cfd after processing. The Shah processing facilities are the only Abu Dhabi gas plants held outside of Adnoc Gas’ 10+bn cfd processing facilities. (CONTINUED - 196 WORDS)