Gas supply to Dubai soon, largest liquid sulphur pipeline --1st Add

xxx xxx xx institutions. Sahoo said that the UAE had achieved many significant milestones in the oil and gas industry, in particular in natural gas processing and distribution through cross country pipelins for transporting high pressure natural gas. +All these developments were carried out with due consideration to health, safety and environment,+ he said. Sahoo said that Abu Dhabi currently operates and maintains about 19,000 kms year gas pipelines (over 1,800 kms in length spread through the entire emirate of Abu Dhabi) ranging from 4 to 48 inches diameteres, including 15 gas receiving stations and 3 lean gas compressor stations. Sahoo said that plans are on to connect the offshore/ onshore gas network in the emirate. Natural gas is supplied to different consumers across the country such as desalination and power plants, cement factories, steel mills and other industries in Abu Dhabi industrial city from Maqta hub in eastern region. Abu Dhabi has a wide network of onshore crude oil pipelines, with the total length running to about 800 kms, ranging from 12 to 30 inches diametre. This is in addition to submarine offshore crude pipelines of about 400km in length, ranging from 14 to 42 inches in diametre, Sahoo said. MORE WAM-VV