Westmar, Abu Dhabi

Rail Versus Pipeline Options Study

As a sub-contractor to WESTMAR and FLUOR, CANARAIL was responsible for the railway component of the GASCO Sour Gas Development Project Pre-FEED Study. The railway component included the following tasks: alignment review; operating plan definition; infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance requirements definition; capital and operating costs definition. The alignment review included a desktop review of a previously determined 120km alignment, and the definition of a new 140km alignment to reach a newly planned gas field further inland. The alignment review included the definition of anticipated earthworks volumes and structure requirements.