Exploration Drilling in Remote Areas

Abstract

In order to meet the country's future energy requirements, and in particular the increased demand for electricity and water in addition to major industrial growth, Bahrain's National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) has taken the strategic decision to import Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to supplement existing local gas supplies as a long term energy policy. NOGA and the National Oil and Gas Holding Company B.S.C (c) (NH) signed project agreements in 2015 for the development of an LNG Receiving and Regasification Terminal in the Kingdom of Bahrain with an international consortium. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on this ‘first-of-its-kind’ project development in the Kingdom of Bahrain in order to highlight (i) the challenges and management of such challenges, (ii) the ultimate project/operational objectives and successful results, and (iii) lessons learnt.