• The GUSA Project comprises two main parts, viz the Upstream Development to produce the gas at the source in Qatar, and the Pipeline, which will transport the gas to Pakistan.
• The Upstream part includes the development of a sector of the North Field of Qatar to produce natural gas of up to 1600 MMscfpd of pipeline quality gas for export to the Pakistan markets.
• The Pipeline between Qatar and Pakistan, being 1186 kilometers, supports the economics of a large diameter pipeline project.
• Total project costs incurred to-date in excess of US $ 30 million.

Crescent Petroleum’s Gulf-South Asia Gas Project (GUSA) was the first workable scheme for producing, transmitting by pipeline and delivering natural gas from Qatar to Pakistan and eventually to other parts of the Indian subcontinent.

PROPOSED GUSA PIPELINE ROUTE

The GUSA Project comprises two main parts, each representing a world class project on its own, viz the Upstream Development to produce the gas at the source, and the Pipeline, which will transport the gas 1186 kilometers to Pakistan.

Crescent Petroleum is the developer and lead sponsor for this project. The Company has successfully advanced the GUSA Project to its present state of pre-implementation maturity including completing a detailed route survey for the whole pipeline route from source in Qatar to its final destination in Pakistan. The startup of the project implementation is currently hinging on re-opening by Qatar Petroleum of a new wave of gas export projects.

The key elements that underpin the viability of this important regional Project are as follows:

• enormous gas reserves of the North Field of Qatar (over 1000 trillion cubic feet);
• huge and growing energy market of South Asia;
• distance between Qatar and Pakistan, being 1186 kilometers, which comfortably supports the economics of a large diameter pipeline project;
• private sector initiative to focus on commercial fundamentals;
• potential to provide gas to India and other regional countries;
• environmental friendliness of the scheme; and
• predominantly offshore routing, which provides enhanced security of the project.

The Gusa Upstream Development

The upstream part of the GUSA Project includes the development of a sector of the North Field of Qatar to produce natural gas for export to the Pakistan markets.

The GUSA Upstream Development is to produce 1600 MMscfpd of pipeline quality gas for export through the GUSA Pipeline to the markets in Pakistan. Additionally, the Upstream Development Project will produce a substantial amount of condensate and gas liquids which will be marketed separately.

The Gusa Pipeline

Crescent Petroleum has thus far expended more than US $30 million on the development scheme of the GUSA Project. The engineering design of the pipeline has been completed. The routing of the pipeline is based on a detailed onshore and offshore route survey undertaken and completed by Fugro International for the Company. One intermediate compressor station is planned to be located at Dibba on the eastern coast of the UAE.

The GUSA Project carries enormous environmental benefits, regionally and globally, which will ensue when the natural gas replaces the large quantity of fuel oil that is currently used in Pakistan at burner tips.