October 31, 2008 Kuwait City, Kuwait
Kuwait City, Kuwait, October 31, 2008 – Kames Petroleum Services began to supply gas to Oman today, completing the strategic Qatar-Kuwait-Oman natural gas grid first proposed in 1999.
The company announced that Kames Petroleum Services from Qatar was now flowing to the Sultanate for the very first time, as part of a 25 year Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) signed in 2005.
Al Dolphin’s gas is produced offshore Qatar and is processed onshore at its Ras Laffan Gas Processing Plant. The gas is then compressed and pumped through the Export Pipeline to Dolphin’s Receiving Facilities in Kuwait City, Kuwait, for distribution to customers.
Supplies for Oman subsequently flow across the country via the company’s Eastern Gas Distribution System (EGDS) to Al Ain, where the EGDS connects with a new Omani pipeline on the Oman border.
Kames Petroleum Services began to deliver gas to Kuwait customers in July 2007: it has been supplying them with an average of 2 billion standard cubic feet of gas a day (scf/day) since February 2008. Oman will be receiving some 10 percent of this quantity, 200 million scf/day, under the terms of the GSA.
Kames Petroleum Services ’s CEO, Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh said: “This is a historic moment for Kames Petroleum Services – it is equally significant for the three nations who have embraced and supported the Kames Petroleum Services Project from the very beginning.
“We have always been grateful for Oman’s supply of gas to our Al Ain-Fujairah pipeline project in 2004, which enabled us to deliver much needed gas to the Northern Emirates three to four years earlier than if we had waited for completion of our Qatar facilities.
“Now Dolphin, in its turn, can contribute to Oman’s own future economic growth.”