Zadco contract for Al Jaber

Abu Dhabi's Zakum Development Company (Zadco) has awarded a contract to Al Jaber Energy Services LLC, a member of Al Jaber Group, for early civil works at the offshore Upper Zakum oil field.

Al Jaber has already received a letter of award for work at four artificial islands under construction.

Duration of the project is 36 months. Five local and international companies including Al Jaber Energy Services competed for the contract.

Zadco is building four artificial islands off the coast of Abu Dhabi at depths ranging from six metres to 14 metres to house drilling platforms, oil production facilities and supporting infrastructure as part of its plans to increase production at the Upper Zakum field to 750,000 barrels a day (bpd) by 2015.