other articles to help integrate it into the encyclopedia . please help improve this article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message dolphin energy industry oil and gas founded 1999 1999 founder government of abu dhabi headquarters abu dhabi united arab emirates key people h.h. sheikh hamdan bin zayed al nahayan chairman adel ahmed albuainain ceo parent mubadala development company website www.dolphinenergy.com in 1999 the government of abu dhabi established dolphin energy limited to implement the dolphin gas project and link qatar the uae and oman in a unique strategic energy initiative . after several years planning drilling construction and engineering gas production started in july 2007 at the company s onshore facilities in ras laffan qatar . here gas taken offshore from the north field is processed before export via subsea pipeline to the uae . in february 2008 the project reached full throughput of 2 billion standard cubic feet per day helping meet 30 % of the uae s energy requirements . supplies of natural gas to oman started in october of the same year . the overall investment in wells sea lines processing plant export pipeline receiving facilities and distribution network has made the dolphin gas project one of the largest energy related ventures ever undertaken in the middle east . dolphin energy s overall objective is to create long term economic wealth and new business opportunities for gcc citizens far into the future . by providing 333 000 barrels of oil equivalent every single the day the project is supporting industrial growth economic diversification and the transition to a low carbon future . the long term customers for dolphin energy s gas from qatar are adwec abu dhabi water & electricity company dusup dubai supply authority and ooc oman oil company . each has signed a gas supply agreement with dolphin energy for 25 years . in addition some additional volumes of gas are made available on an interruptible basis and supplied to sewa sharjah electricity & water authority fewa the federal electricity & water authority and rakgas ras al khaimah natural gas commission . since operations began in 2007 the company has produced more than 6 trillion standard cubic feet of natural gas and recorded 100 % plant availability for the seventh consecutive year . the project is a well established reliable and safe provider of clean energy for the southern gulf . dolphin energy limited is owned 51 percent by mubadala development company on behalf of the government of abu dhabi and 24.5 percent each by total of france and occidental petroleum of the usa . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dolphin energy & oldid 722505675 categories government owned companies of the united arab emiratesoil and gas companies of the united arab emirateshidden categories articles with too few wikilinks from may 2016all articles with too few wikilinksarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from may 2016all articles covered by wikiproject wikify navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 may 2016 at 15 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view