UAE’s Adnoc to expand Al Hosn sour gas project

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) plans to expand its Al Hosn sour gas project, increasing the $10 billion facility’s processing capacity by 50 percent, the firm said on Tuesday.

Al Hosn, one of the world’s largest plants producing sour gas, began operations last year. It reached its full capacity of one billion cubic feet per day (bcf) in the second quarter of the same year.

Out of the 1 bcf per day of sour gas, Al Hosn produces 500 million cubic feet per day of network gas, 4,400 tons per day of natural gas liquids, 33,000 barrels per day of petroleum condensates and around 9,000 tons per day of pure granulated sulphur.

The plant is a joint venture between Adnoc, which has a 60 percent share, and US-based Occidental Petroleum, which holds the remaining 40 percent.

The project’s expansion would make Adnoc one of the world’s largest producers of sulphur – a by-product of the sour gas production process.

Under its recently approved 2030 strategy, Adnoc plans to support the development of a local sulphur products industry, including enhancing the existing ammonia and urea industry.