Halmax Group Srl

 

Upper Zakum Oilfield, located approximately 84km offshore to the north-west of Abu Dhabi islands, has an estimated 50 billion barrels of oil reserves.

The field currently produces 640,000 barrels of oil a day. Upper Zakum is the second largest offshore oilfield and fourth largest oilfield in the world, and is owned by Zakum Development Company (ZADCO), a joint venture of ADNOC (60%) acting as the operator, ExxonMobil (28%) and Japan Oil Development Company (Jodco-12%).

The oilfield covers an area of 1,200km² and comprises around 450 wells extending approximately 7,000ft to 8,000ft below the earth's surface. The wells are tied to more than 90 existing platforms. Production from the oilfield started in 1982.

Halmax Group designed and built four exhaust ducts.