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Abu Dhabi Awards Delayed Oil Boost Contract
 
Abu Dhabi has awarded a delayed, key $3.7bn engineering contract which is part of a plan to boost crude production capacity of its 500,000 b/d offshore Upper Zakum field to 750,000 b/d. Bids were received in the first half of 2012. The first phase expansion was originally scheduled for 2015, but is now more likely in 2016-17, MEES reported last year (MEES, 21 December 2012). Petrofac Emirates oil services firm,...