This project showcases Bapco Upstream’s commitment to meeting Bahrain’s growing energy demands through a sustainable gas supply until 2030 from the Awali field

Bapco Upstream, a rebranded Tatweer Petroleum and subsidiary of Bapco Energies, is implementing two new well manifold facilities as part of Phase 2 of the non-associated gas (NAG) long-term field development (LTFD) project.

This project showcases Bapco Upstream’s commitment to meeting Bahrain’s growing energy demands through a sustainable gas supply until 2030 from the Awali field.

Announced in Q1 2019, the project, is currently under construction and is expected to be commissioned between March and April 2024.

Phase 2 of the project will see the installation of a series of gas processing units, wells and pipelines.

After months of negotiations and delay, an EPC contract for Phase 2 was signed in June 2022 between Tatweer (now Bapco Upstream) and TDE, which had submitted the lowest bid, of $36 million, in March 2021.

According to the contract, TDE will act as the project management consultant and provide front-end engineering design (FEED), and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services.

The construction work on Phase 2 began in April 2023 with Bahrain-based Mechanical Contracting and Services Company (MCSC) hired as the construction and installation subcontractor.

The project scope encompasses the design, procurement, fabrication, installation, testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up of two new well manifolds.

The facilities are designed to handle 35,000 barrels of water per day (bwpd), 4,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), and 75 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas.

Additionally, the project includes the implementation of a separator, production and test header modules, test separator, buffer tanks, liquid pumps, associated utilities, instrument and plant air, fuel gas system, flare system, chemical injection skids, drain system, control system, incoming electrical supply receiving RMU, and transformer and distribution.

Previously, the completion of the first phase in 2018 witnessed the installation of a new centralised gas dehydration facility, which marked the initiation of a series of planned gas capacity projects.

The phase included the upgradation of five existing wellhead areas and new pipelines installation to provide connectivity with both new and existing field infrastructure.

The EPC contractor for Phase 1 was Petrofac and the entire construction of the project was awarded to MCSC.

Furthermore, earlier, the project incorporated the addition of two new gas processing trains, along with supplementary wells and infrastructure, to facilitate the transportation of gas to the processing facilities.

As part of the NAG Long-Term Development Plan, multiple strategic projects have been executed in 2022 to bolster and maintain the deliverability of the NAG system, establishing a dependable Khuff gas supply source to meet Bahrain’s gas demand.

By ZAINAB AL TAITOON