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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has awarded a $548 million contract to build a new main gas line at its Lower Zakum field as part of efforts to enable gas self-sufficiency for the UAE and cater to increasing global energy demand.

The contract will increase Lower Zakum field’s gas production capacity to 700 million standard cubic feet per day from 430 million, Adnoc said on Monday.

The engineering, procurement and construction contract was awarded by Adnoc Offshore to National Petroleum Construction Company after a competitive tender process.

The new pipeline will support the increased volume of associated gas produced by the Lower Zakum field as its oil production capacity increases to 450,000 barrels of oil per day by 2025, Adnoc said.

The project is expected to be completed in 2025.

"This contract award will enable us to produce more gas as we increase production capacity from Lower Zakum field," said Yaser Almazrouei, Adnoc's upstream executive director.

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