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ADOC 2022 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Our Operations
ADOC operates in the UAE oil and gas sector and is responsible for the extraction, processing, and transportation
of crude oil to Japan. ADOC operates four oil fields approximately 100 kilometers west of Abu Dhabi City:
Mubarraz, Umm Al Anbar (AR), Neewat Al Ghalan (GA) and Hail. The main processing and support facilities
are located in Mubarraz Island, south of the GA Field. Mubarraz Island hosts oil and gas processing, crude
storage, crude loading, water treatment facilities, accommodation blocks and other associated infrastructure.
Crude oil produced is shipped as Mubarraz crude oil to Japan. The field operations are supported by the field
office in Abu Dhabi and the warehouse facility in Mussafah.
Mubarraz Field
Commercial production in Mubarraz Field commenced in 1973.
The Field consists of the Central Facilities Platform (CFP), located
in the center of Mubarraz Field, three production platforms, seven
well platforms, and twelve tripod well platforms. Fluid from the
production wells is treated on the production platforms for the first
stage separation and then transported to CFP through submarine
pipelines, where the oil and gas is gathered and transported to
Mubarraz Island via pipelines for final processing. The CFP has a living
quarters platform, control room platform and a production platform,
which are connected by bridge.
AR and GA Fields
Commercial production in the AR and GA Fields commenced in 1989
and 1995, respectively. The AR Site Terminal (ARST) is in the center of
the AR Field and is equipped with oil processing, sweet gas injection
and sour gas injection facilities. A causeway provides onshore access
from Mubarraz Island to the ARST. Well-head streams from the AR
and GA Fields are gathered through the pipeline network at the
ARST, where both oil and gas are then separated using multi-staged
separators. The separated oil is then transported to Mubarraz Island
and the gas is sent to sweet and sour gas injection facilities where it
is used in reservoirs to enhance oil recovery.
Our Product
Our product is processed crude oil produced from ADOC’s oil fields. Tankers loaded with crude oil in Abu
Dhabi leave the Arabian Gulf through the Straits of Hormuz, across the Indian Ocean and through the Straits
of Malacca to deliver the crude oil to Japan. The tankers travel approximately 11,500 kilometers with a sailing
time of 18 days. The marketing and sales operations are undertaken in Japan where the product is sold and is
beyond the scope of this reporting boundary . ADOC's customers are in Japan.
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