Dolphin Energy / ADCOP

The Dolphin project is one more step towards the creation of a gas transport corridor stretching from Qatar to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. The gas is produced on two offshore platforms, transported via dedicated sealines to Ras Laffan for processing and then pumped through a subsea pipeline to Taweelah, Abu Dhabi on the Persian Gulf coast of the UAE. This city is the starting point of the new Dolphin project.

The pipeline runs overland from Taweelah and ends after 246 km in Qidfa, Emirate of Fujairah. On the way it supplies 56.6 million cubic metres of gas per day to customers. EUROPIPE delivered all the large-diameter pipes for this 48" (1,219 mm), X70 pipeline from its mills in Dunkerque, France, and Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. The inside and protective outside coatings were supplied by EUPEC France and by MÜLHEIM PIPECOATINGS.

The ADCOP project was set up by the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), the state investment company of Abu Dhabi, to achieve the strategic objective in the oil supply security of Abu Dhabi of bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, which is by far the world’s most significant chokepoint. The pipeline starts in Habshan, the main collection centre for Abu Dhabi‘s onshore crude oil production and ends after 360 km at the Port of Fujairah, where the 1.5 million barrels of oil per day are loaded aboard tankers anchored in the safe waters of the Gulf of Oman.

EUROPIPE delivered 158 km (96,000 tonnes) of pipes for this 48" (1,219 mm), X65 pipeline, after having manufactured them in Dunkerque, France. The corrosion protection coating was applied by EUPEC France.