Esnaad, a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), has embarked on a $200-million fleet-replacement plan.
It will acquire new multi-purpose vessels to replace all aging vessels within the next two years.
The company runs a modern marine supply base in Mussafah, where it produces and markets mud chemicals, material handling services and waste management. The company specialises in chemical blending and operating, charting or leasing specialised vessels.
It also supplies large quantities of barite to Saudi Aramco under a two-year contract. The barite powder is packed in jumbo bags and delivery is planned systematically with 60 to 100 trailers moving every week.
Esnaad is the largest producer of basic drilling mud chemicals in the Gulf and is capable of meeting the requirements of the region. It was formed as the result of a merger between Abu Dhabi Drilling Chemicals and Products (Addcap) and the National Marine Services (NMS). It is primarily a services company catering to the oil and gas industry and owns the strategically located Mussafah Offshore Supply Base to support onshore and offshore activities.
It also owns an automated grinding plant that produces mud chemicals and a blending plant to produce oil field drilling and production chemicals.
The company aims to operate a modern integrated offshore supply base benchmarked for excellence in providing comprehensive, innovative and efficient mud drilling services, material operations, marine logistics and waste disposal services as also oilfields drilling and production of chemicals and other products, according to general manager Darwish A Al Qubaisi.
So far the company has concentrated on providing services to all oil companies in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Now it has plans to expand into neighbouring countries.
Prior to the merger in 2002, the company’s marine operations division was the nucleus of the former NMS with a proven record of having provided world-class marine logistic support services to the needs of the offshore oil and gas industry in the UAE and neighboring countries over a period of 23 years.
Esnaad’s support base extends over 1.4 million sq m and is designed to meet the current and future needs of its industrial targets. The base, operating as a one-stop shop, offers a wide range of facilities, supplies and services including material handling, production and supply of mud and specialty chemicals, management of marine fleet, port services and bulk bunkering facilities, waste management services, supply and stocks of chlorine, property services including rental of warehouses, offices and cool rooms, specialised oil well services, hiring of labour and equipment, hiring and supply of fast vessels and integrated drilling.
Esnaad’s marine services division owns and manages specialised marine craft used to render support services for the offshore needs of the oil and gas industry. “Esnaad’s supply base has attracted a number of high-technology industries and we are now targeting more quality-orientated enterprises,” said Qubaisi.
