GE services for Dolphin’s new gas facilities in Qatar

GE Oil & Gas’ PII Pipeline Solutions group has been awarded a long-term, multi-million dollar contract to provide Dolphin Energy Ltd. of the UAE with integrity management services to ensure the uninterrupted operation of Dolphin’s critical sea and export pipelines in Qatar.

GE will provide an integrated package of best-in-class integrity engineering, inspection and data management technology to support the Dolphin Gas Project which involves the production and processing of natural gas from Qatar’s North Field, and transportation of the dry gas by sub-sea pipeline to the UAE, beginning in July 2007

GE’s scope will encompass a comprehensive integrity management program for two, 36-inch sealines which connect Dolphin’s two offshore platforms to its giant gas processing plant in Qatar, each about 70 kilometers (km) long, and the 48-inch subsea export line that spans about 364 km in length from Qatar to the UAE.

Over the contract period of up to five years, GE’s PII group will be responsible for ensuring the effective integrity management of Dolphin’s pipelines. A key element of the initial phase of the project will be the development of Dolphin’s Pipeline Integrity Management System (PIMS), a demonstration of Dolphin’s commitment to adopting an industry best-practice. The role of PIMS will be to provide the guidelines, standards and procedures that Dolphin will use to ensure the safe and continued operation of its system.