As per the media reports, a contract worth US$100 million has been awarded to Pakistani engineering company Descon Engineering in order to carry out the construction
of air separation units (ASUs) at Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (Gasco) at Ruwais in the UAE.

The company in charge of the project is Elixer, which is a JV between the state-owned hydrocarbons giant the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and German
contractor the Linde Group. It has been learnt that Descon will perform the job of a sub-contractor for Elixier. 

Under the deal, Descon would be requiring to carry out the civil and mechanical works of air separation units for the Mirfa-1 Project. Within the next few weeks, construction
will commence, which is scheduled to be completed in Q1 of 2011.

After the completion of the construction, a total of 670,000 cubic meters per hour of nitrogen would be supplied by the two plants for injection into the onshore condensate
field at Habshan in Abu Dhabi through the Emirate's utility and pipeline network. Following this, the national grid would be receiving the obtained gas.