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Created page with "=== Summary Information === * Operator: ZADCO (ADNOC) * Country: United Arab Emirates * Location: Offshore * Production start: * Partners: * Type: Oil * Estimated Reserves:..."

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=== Summary Information ===
* Operator: ZADCO (ADNOC)
* Country: United Arab Emirates
* Location: Offshore
* Production start:
* Partners:
* Type: Oil
* Estimated Reserves:
* Production Volume: Currently producing more than half a million barrels a day

+++ Description
* Located 84 Kms. north west of Abu Dhabi Islands , UZ field covers around 1,200 sq Kms of the Gulf marine areas.
* Zakum field is the second largest field in the Gulf and the fourth largest field in the World.
* The field comprises four artificial islands with associated drilling and production facilities
* The [[[Zirku Oil Processing Plant]]] at Zirku Island comprise three oil processing trains and one train on stand-by.
* There is a development project under way. This project aims at increasing by 2015 the oil production of the Upper Zakum field (located in the Gulf, 84 kilometers offshore Abu Dhabi) to 750,000 barrels of oil per day and to sustain this production target for at least 25 years

+++ Contractors
* **REL:** Construction of Upper Zakum Modules
* **ETPM:** Installation of Pipelines
* **AMEC:** Engineering, consultancy and project management services extending from concept stage through front-end engineering design (FEED), design, construction and commissioning of several projects
* **McDermott:** Water Injection Capacity & Pressure Upgrade Project - Engineering, procurement, construction, installation

+++++ UZ 750 project
* **Technip:**
* front-end engineering design for process units on four artificial islands, including gas separation, gas lift compression, booster gas compression, as well as power generation, utilities, interconnecting pipelines and modification of existing facilities,
* procurement services for long lead items.
* **Foster Wheeler:** Availability and reliability study for the expansion of the Zirku oil processing facilities
* **TWMA:** design, commission and operate an advanced solids control and fluid recovery system for the artificial islands project

+++ History
* 1963 - Oil Discovered in Upper Zakum field
* 2008 - AMEC wins five-year offshore programme management consultancy contract
* 2011 - Technip awarded FEED for UZ 750 project
* 2014 - Technip awarded contract to replace pipelines

+++ Geology
*

=== Links ===
# [http://www.zadco.com/ ZADCO]
# [[International Protective Coatings Platform References]]
# [[McDermott Platform References]]
# [[Serimax Pipeline References]]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:amec-wins-five-year-offshore-programme-management-co AMEC wins five-year offshore programme management consultancy contract, Abu Dhabi]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:686 Technip awarded Offshore contract in the United Arab Emirates]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:594 Foster Wheeler Awarded Availability and Reliability Study by ZADCO in the UAE]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:2892 Technip-NPCC consortium awarded important contract for the Upper Zakum field in Abu Dhabi]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:3494 Flagship project leads to Middle East growth for TWMA]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:4946 ADMA-OPCO selects Technip for Project Management Consultancy services for the Zakum field offshore Abu Dhabi]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:5982 Amec Foster Wheeler wins Upper Zakum Field contract extension]

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 * 2014 - Technip awarded contract to replace pipelines
 * 2017 - Expansion project launched
 === Geology ===
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 # [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/02/upper-zakum-field-production-capacity.html Upper Zakum Field Production Capacity to Increase to 1 Million Barrels Per Day]
 # [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/02/adnoc-and-exxonmobil-ceos-discuss-new.html ADNOC and ExxonMobil CEOs Discuss New Opportunities During Visit to Review Progress of US$ 30 Billion Upper Zakum Expansion]
 [[category:Field]]
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 === Contractors ===
-* **REL:** Construction of Upper Zakum Modules
+* '''REL:''' Construction of Upper Zakum Modules
-* **ETPM:** Installation of Pipelines
+* '''ETPM:''' Installation of Pipelines
-* **AMEC:** Engineering, consultancy and project management services extending from concept stage through front-end engineering design (FEED), design, construction and commissioning of several projects
+* '''AMEC:''' Engineering, consultancy and project management services extending from concept stage through front-end engineering design (FEED), design, construction and commissioning of several projects
-* **McDermott:** Water Injection Capacity & Pressure Upgrade Project - Engineering, procurement, construction, installation
+* '''McDermott:''' Water Injection Capacity & Pressure Upgrade Project - Engineering, procurement, construction, installation
 ==== UZ 750 project ====
-* **Technip:**
+* '''Technip/NPCC:'''
 ** front-end engineering design for process units on four artificial islands, including gas separation, gas lift compression, booster gas compression, as well as power generation, utilities, interconnecting pipelines and modification of existing facilities,
 ** procurement services for long lead items.
-* **Foster Wheeler:** Availability and reliability study for the expansion of the Zirku oil processing facilities
+* '''Foster Wheeler:''' Availability and reliability study for the expansion of the Zirku oil processing facilities
-* **TWMA:** design, commission and operate an advanced solids control and fluid recovery system for the artificial islands project
+* '''TWMA:''' design, commission and operate an advanced solids control and fluid recovery system for the artificial islands project
 === History ===
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 # [[International Protective Coatings Platform References]]
 # [[McDermott Platform References]]
 # [[Serimax Pipeline References]]
 # [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:amec-wins-five-year-offshore-programme-management-co AMEC wins five-year offshore programme management consultancy contract, Abu Dhabi]

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 # [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:5982 Amec Foster Wheeler wins Upper Zakum Field contract extension]
 # [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2023/02/upper-zakum-field-production-capacity.html Upper Zakum Field Production Capacity to Increase to 1 Million Barrels Per Day]
 [[category:Field]]
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 * The field originally had 90 platforms, but now comprises four artificial islands with associated drilling and production facilities
 * The [[Zirku Oil Processing Plant]] at Zirku Island comprise three oil processing trains and one train on stand-by.
-* An expansion project increased production capacity from 500 kbpd to 750 kbpd in 2015
+* An expansion project increased production capacity from 500 kbpd to 750 kbpd and an additional expansion project, UZ 750, is under way to increase production to 1m bpd by 2024. It involves four new artificial islands, to accommodate drilling rigs, processing facilities and infrastructure required to handle production capacity growth

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 === Description ===
 * Located 84 Kms. north west of Abu Dhabi Islands , UZ field covers around 1,200 sq Kms of the Gulf marine areas. It is the second largest offshore oil field and the fourth largest oil field in the world.
-* The field comprises four artificial islands with associated drilling and production facilities
+* The field originally had 90 platforms, but now comprises four artificial islands with associated drilling and production facilities
 * The [[Zirku Oil Processing Plant]] at Zirku Island comprise three oil processing trains and one train on stand-by.
 * An expansion project increased production capacity from 500 kbpd to 750 kbpd in 2015