Royal Dutch Shell Plc  .com Rotating Header Image

TradeArabia.com: More Gulf pipelines needed, says Shell

Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Dubai

Two new pipelines across the Gulf from Iran may be needed to meet rapidly growing gas demand in the Middle East, a Royal Dutch Shell executive said..

‘I could see a new trans-Gulf pipeline to Kuwait from Iran and another serving the UAE and Oman,’ said Martin Trachsel, Shell’s vice president for gas and power in the Middle East Gulf.

The pipelines would need to have capacity of 1 billion to 2.5 billion cubic feet per day of gas to meet expected shortfalls in supplies by 2015, Trachsel told journalists on the sidelines of an industry event in London.

The pipeline to UAE and Oman could originate in Iran or Qatar, he said.

Trachsel said he expected Iran eventually to become a major supplier of gas to the region.

‘Given the resources that Iran has, it is not credible to think that the country won’t in the future be a major supplier of gas in the region and to international markets,’ he said.

The pipelines would feed into an improved natural gas grid around and across the Gulf, he said.

Shell has no concrete plans to build the pipelines, but they are among a number of projects that the oil major is discussing with governments in the region, he said.

The $3.5 billion Dolphin Energy project pipeline is expected to begin pumping gas from Qatar to the UAE in the first quarter next year.

It is the first cross-border gas pipeline in the region and aims to take up to 3.5 billion cubic feet per day of gas to the UAE and later to Oman. 
 
Copyright © 2004 TradeArabia.com All rights reserved
 

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Comment Rules

  • Please show respect to the opinions of others no matter how seemingly far-fetched.
  • Abusive, foul language, and/or divisive comments may be deleted without notice.
  • Each blog member is allowed limited comments, as displayed above the comment box.
  • Comments must be limited to the number of words displayed above the comment box.
  • Please limit one comment after any comment posted per post.