EMDAD, the Jebel Ali-based aviation fuel venture, announced in mid-March that it had signed a contract with Dutco McConnell Dowell to lay a 58-km long, 12-in pipeline, from its storage facility in the Free Zone to Dubai International Airport. The pipeline is expected to be completed and commissioned by January, 2006.
The pipeline will complete a further stage in the Emdad project, at the heart of which is the aviation fuel storage facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZ). The project will use the latest technology in equipment and system selection to ensure reliability and continuous monitoring of the pipeline transfer operation from JAFZ to Dubai International Airport, and is expected to meet 50% of the Airport’s projected need for aviation fuel in 2010.
Daily demand for aviation fuel at the Airport is projected to increase from 10,000cum to around 26,300cum in 2010 as a result of the expansion projects currently underway. Ian Gordon, a director, said Dutco McConnell Dowell, one of the leading pipeline contractors in the UAE, was pleased to have been awarded such a prestigious contract, and looks forward to a successful project for all the parties involved.