Gasco Vision

        

    GASCO aspires to be the most innovative and respected supplier of gas and hydrocarbons in the United Arab Emirates.

    This means GASCO’s activities will be carried out safely, responsibly, efficiently and economically and will follow GASCO’s Business Principles which address:

    Our core values: honesty, integrity and respect for people with particular focus on health, safety and the environment.

Our commitment to sustainable development where GASCO balances the short and long term interests, integrating economic, environmental and social interest in to the business decision-making process, within the framework defined by our shareholders.

Our responsibilities to our stakeholders – shareholders, customers, employees, business partners and society.

Our principles which include GASCO’s commitment to health, safety and environment, generating value, business integrity, local communities, compliance aspects, and communication and engagement with stakeholders

 

Message from the CEO

Dear Friends,

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO) website.

GASCO’s shareholders, employees, and business partners are dedicated and committed to continuously generate value through world-class management of our plants and distribution network, within the hydrocarbon value chain. We recognize the importance of our role in promoting growth and prosperity by providing the basic requirements that a modern society needs for development.

We also understand our responsibility as trustees for future generations. Every step we take in realizing our vision – to be one of the most innovative, respected and caring companies in the gas and hydrocarbon industry – is committed to a sustainable, green and people-oriented strategy across all areas of our business.

I truly hope the information available here will help you see how proud we are of our business, striving for excellence in everything we do.

Best Regards, “

Mohammed Sahoo Al Suwaidi

Chief Executive Officer

Gasco Business

GASCO is an operating Company engaged in the extraction of Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) from associated and natural gas.


With a process capability of 5,500 million standard cubic feet of feed gas (MMSCFD) per day and producing 285,000 barrels of condensate, 4,500 tonnes of sulphur and 28,000 tonnes of NGL per day, GASCO is currently one of the largest gas processing companies in the world.


GASCO’s industrial complex, one of the biggest in the United Arab Emirates, is composed of four desert plants – Asab, Bu Hasa, Habshan and Bab and Ruwais – and a pipeline network which process and deliver a range of marketable products such as methane (C1), to industrial customers; ethane (C2), to Borouge; and propane (C3), butane (C4), paraffinic naphtha (C5+), granulated sulphur and condensate, exported all over the world.


GASCO’s priority is to maximize production in the most cost effective manner, while maintaining the highest possible standards of industrial safety and protection of the environment. GASCO also focuses on relations with local communities and on the creation of a highly competent workforce, with special efforts to attract and develop UAE Nationals.

Major Gasco Projects

   GASCO is currently implementing several major projects involving modifications / expansions to the existing plant facilities as well as installation of new Gas Processing facilities at various plant locations. During the year 2010, 6 Mega Projects with total capital investments of about US$ 7.0 Billion (viz. Habshan 3 & 4, Ruwais Train 3, Asab 2, Offshore Associated Gases Package 2 & 3 and NGL Pipelines Replacement) have been completed successfully and are currently under operation, meeting the design throughputs and product specifications. Another project "Ruwais Sulphur Expansion – Phase 3 is nearing completion.

Currently 12 new EPC Projects with an estimated capital investment in excess of US$ 13 Billion are under various stages of execution. Once completed, GASCO will become one of the largest gas processing Companies in the world.

In addition 4 Projects are in EPC Tendering Stage and 6 are in Pre-FEED / FEED Execution Phase.

GASCO's Major Projects Group, comprising of an integrated team of specialists covering the entire range of Project Management functions (Viz. Project Management, Engineering, Project Controls, Contracting & Procurement, Quality Assurance, HSE, Construction, Commissioning and Interface Management), is responsible for execution and management of all Major Projects right from the concept stage up to the stage of commissioning, Performance Test Run and Handover to Operations.

All projects progress through three distinct stages of implementation:
1.Pre-FEED
2.FEED
3.EPC

During the initial stage of the project, Techno-economic Feasibility Study (Pre-FEED) is carried out to determine the fundamental aspects of the project and to evaluate all possible options to select the optimum one. This is followed by the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) stage to perform the basic design, define fully the project scope and re-evaluate the project economics and seeking management approval to proceed to execute EPC Phase of the Project, before issuing the inquiries seeking competitive tenders for the EPC execution phase. The third stage is the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) stage, before handover of the installations to Operations. Each stage is followed by Shareholders' formal approval to move to the next Stage.

During the last decade, apart from the 6 Projects mentioned earlier, several other major projects have been completed by GASCO. These include Asab Gas Development Phase I (2000), Ruwais Upgrading Project including Digital Control System (2001), Maqta-Jabel Ali Gas pipeline project (2002), Onshore Gas Development Phase 2 (2002), Bu Hasa Integrated Control System (2005), Habshan Ethane Recovery Maximization (2005), Asab / Bab Integrated Control Systems (2007) and Bu Hasa Upgrade Project (2008), apart from various other major Pipeline projects.

Gasco People

Our team members recognize that what GASCO offers them is not simply a job – it is a career; a great opportunity to work among the best, receive the support needed to make good decisions and deliver results, and get all they can out of their working life by tackling real world problems.

Above all, our people appreciate the fact that they are considered more than mere employees. They are part of a great big family that values teamwork, professionalism, innovation and open communications and that is cared for by GASCO through a variety of social, medical and recreational benefits offered.

The following benefits are provided in accordance with the type of employment, which can be either Direct Hire (salary + benefits) or Contract Hire (lump sum salary).
Accommodation
Eligible employees are provided with accommodation in accordance with their respective grades and size of their families.

Furniture allowance
In order to maintain and provide a high standard of living for employees, a furniture purchase allowance is granted to eligible staff in accordance to grade and marital status.

Health
Employees are provided with Company sponsored healthcare insurance.

Cultural and recreational activities
GASCO is committed in providing employees with various recreational facilities to help them maintain a high quality of life. Besides constantly hosting social and sports activities in Abu Dhabi and remote Sites, GASCO also offers certain employees a subsidy in health club memberships.

Car purchase loan
Eligible employees are entitled to receive a Company loan to help them buy a car of their choice. This interest free loan is decided in accordance to respective grades and is repayable in easy installments deducted monthly from the employee’s salary.

Other benefits
Employees receive, also in accordance to type of employment, job grades and work locations, a number of other allowances such as: remote area allowance, transportation allowance, annual leave allowance, social allowance, child allowance and water and electricity allowance.

Health, Safety and Environment

The MANAGEMENT of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) is a priority for GASCO.

All HSE activities in GASCO are managed through a framework which includes a Vision Statement, a HSE Policy and a HSE Management System (HSE MS).

The GASCO Vision Statement, updated in 2009, identifies HSE aspects which have been translated into three Strategic Objectives

GASCO has also published a Statement of HSE Commitment and Policy which supports the Vision and is a high level document reviewed each year.

The GASCO HSE Management System (HSE MS) is based on stringent standards issued by ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company). It is a risk-based system and includes a comprehensive range of mandatory requirements to provide a framework for self-regulation and continuous improvement in performance.It is implemented systematically through an HSE Action Planning process.

All GASCO Divisions develop Annual HSE Action plans for implementing various HSE actions. These actions are translated into tasks and targets and are cascaded down the organization. Progress is regularly reviewed and monitored. An important feature of the Divisional Action Plans is that they contain action items that are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound), with each action item being assigned to an individual or team. The HSE Plan also includes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), HSE Audits, and HSE Training Plans.

To assure that the HSE MS is effective and functioning, GASCO has an HSE Auditing program in place comprising of different levels of audits. The remedial actions that result from the audits are tracked to final completion through a closeout process. Through this structured approach, the efforts of individuals are directed towards realizing the GASCO Vision.

In GASCO, HSE is recognized as a line responsibility and HSE issues are implemented through the involvement of all staff - right from the Chief Executive Officer to the lowest staff. The HSE Division with the Vice President reporting directly to the CEO provides support to the Management Team for the management of HSE. Each of the Plants / Pipelines Division are supported by HSE Departments headed by a HSE Superintendent who also reports directly to the Plant / Pipelines Vice President.

All of the operational sites have completed Health, Safety and Environmental Impact Assessment (HSEIA) Reports. 

The main objective of a HSEIA Report is to demonstrate: compliance with HSE legislation and standards that all HSE hazards, including major accident hazards and occupational health hazards, have been systematically identified

environmental impacts have been identified