On August 10, ADNOC Gas, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced via its official website that it had reached a Final Investment Decision (FID) for Phases 2 and 3 of the Rich Gas Development (RGD) project and awarded Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contracts with a total value of $8.2 billion.
Specifically, the Phase II contract for the RGD project is valued at $3.9 billion and was awarded to the Chinese company Wison Engineering, while the Phase III contract, valued at $4.3 billion, was awarded to the Italian offshore engineering giant Tecnimont. Combined with the $5 billion investment for Phase I announced in June 2025, the total investment in the RGD project has reached $13.2 billion.
Under the project development plan, Phase I of the RGD project aims to expand key processing units at multiple natural gas facilities to boost processing capacity and operational efficiency; Phase II, led by Wison, involves constructing a new natural gas processing train at the Habshan complex to increase ADNOC Gas’s processing capacity, enhance operational flexibility, and support the UAE’s expanding downstream and petrochemical sectors; and Phase III, led by Tecnimont, entails building a new Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) fractionation unit in Ruwais to increase the recovery of high-value liquids from rich gas for export.
Data indicates that the RGD project is located in a key natural gas-producing region of the UAE; the Habshan complex, for which Wison Engineering is responsible, is one of the largest natural gas processing hubs in the Gulf region.
Notably, securing the contract for Phase II of the RGD project marks a continuation of the partnership between Wison and ADNOC. The two parties had previously signed a $700 million EPC contract—a deal that, at the time, set a record for the highest value of a single contract awarded to a Chinese company in the region. By securing this new $3.9 billion contract, Wison has once again broken the record it previously established.