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A major Middle Eastern gas producer — ADNOC Gas of the United Arab Emirates — is nearing the award of a multi-billion-dollar contract linked to an expansion of its natural gas processing facilities at the Ruwais complex. This initiative is part of ADNOC’s ongoing effort to expand natural gas liquids (NGL) and LNG production capacity, aiming to meet rising global energy demand and strengthen its export portfolio. The planned expansion is focused on adding additional processing trains that will increase output significantly, and multiple international engineering and construction firms are reported to be in contention for the contract award.
This project is consistent with a broader trend in the Middle East energy sector, where regional oil & gas companies — such as ADNOC, Saudi Aramco, QatarEnergy and others — are investing heavily in both upstream (production) and midstream (processing and export infrastructure) to support LNG exports and domestic gas supply. For example, ADNOC recently secured substantial financing for its Hail and Ghasha gas development project to expand future production capacity, marking a key step toward net-zero strategies while boosting gas output.
Building and expanding gas processing facilities — whether for natural gas liquids (NGL), liquefied natural gas (LNG) or raw gas conditioning — involves extensive mechanical and metallurgical work. These facilities include several types of process equipment that must operate safely under high pressure, corrosive environments and thermal cycling.
In a large gas plant expansion of this scale, the following types of process equipment are commonly used:
Pressure Vessels (e.g., separator drums, surge tanks, scrubbers): Designed to handle high pressures and often exposed to corrosive chemicals.
Heat Exchangers (e.g., gas coolers, condensers): For heat recovery and temperature control during gas processing.
Reactors / Amine Contactors: Used in gas sweetening and separation of acid gases (e.g., CO₂, H₂S).
Fractionators / Columns: For separating natural gas liquids into components like ethane, propane and butane.
Pipelines & Headers: For transporting process fluids and connecting different sections of the plant.
All these pieces of equipment must meet rigorous standards of strength, corrosion resistance and operational reliability to ensure safety and longevity.
Nanjing Fugo New Material Tech Co., Ltd. (“FUGO TECH”) offers a range of high-performance materials and fabricated components that are directly relevant to gas plant expansion projects such as this:
Clad plates (bonded bimetallic plates combining corrosion-resistant alloys with strong base metals) are widely used in:
Heat exchanger shells & tube sheets
Pressure vessel walls and internal linings
Fractionation and reaction towers
Because these units operate in environments with high temperatures, corrosive gases or liquids, clad plates help reduce corrosion-induced failures and extend service life.
FUGO TECH supplies clad materials such as:
Titanium-steel clad plates – Excellent for resisting chloride and wet acidic environments.
Nickel alloy clad plates – Outstanding corrosion resistance in sour gas conditions.
Zirconium alloy clad plates – For aggressive chemical environments.
These products are ideal for heat exchangers, separators, and other processing units exposed to aggressive gas streams.
Reliable piping and connection components are essential for transporting high-pressure gas and liquids throughout the processing trains. FUGO TECH’s stainless steel, nickel alloy and titanium pipes, fittings and flanges meet the stringent mechanical and corrosion-resistance requirements of midstream processing.
Projects of this scale often require custom machining and fabrication, such as:
Tube sheet drilling – for heat exchangers
Dish head and endforming – for pressure vessels and storage tanks
These services allow integration of FUGO TECH materials into complex fabrication workflows required by EPC contractors.
Nanjing Fugo New Material Tech Co., Ltd. (Fugo Tech) is an ISO 9001 and PED 2014/68/EU certified manufacturer specializing in Clad Material (Explosive Clad Plates & Rolled Clad Plates/Clad Dish Heads/Clad Tube Sheets) and Titanium, Nickel Alloy, Copper Alloy and Stainless Steel products (Pipe/Tube/Fitting/Flange/Forging) which are widely used in the Heat Exchanger, Pressure Vessel, Reactor, Column, Tower, and other process equipment.
Fugo Tech offers different material combinations of Clad Plate (Explosion-welded clad plate/composite plate & Rolled-welded clad plate/composite plate) , and also offers a wide range of materials, including Titanium, Nickel Alloy, Copper, Cu-Ni, and Stainless Steel, along with custom processing services (Tube Sheet drilling, and Dish Head forming) for Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Energy, Paper & Pulp, Marine, Shipbuilding, Environment, Metallurgy, and New Energy Vehicles, with a strong focus on high-performance Clad Plate & Titanium & Nickel Alloy & Stainless Steel solutions.
For any new requirement, please contact: sales@fugo-tech.com
Fugo Tech is focused on the manufacturing of clad metal plate and distributes the Stainless Steel, Titanium, Nickel Alloy, Zirconium and other non-ferrous metal pipes, fittings, flanges, and fasteners.
