Nawara Development Project
The Nawara Development Project is a gas development project in Tunisia. History. In 2003, the exploration permit Jenein Sud (located in the south of Tataouine governorate) was granted to ETAP and OMV. The permit stated that the costs of research, including the drilling of exploratory wells, would be made at the expense and risk of OMV. In January 2006, the group made the Nawara gas/condensate discovery. Drilling campaigns in 2008 and 2010 resulted in eight further successful wells. The concession was granted equally to ETAP and OMV by the Ministry of Industry in 2010. To transport  the future gas/condensate the Nawara Development Project was launched in 2008 by ETAP, OMV, Eni (exited at the end of 2012) and Pioneer (OMV bought its Tunisian assets in January 2011). The project includes a Central Processing Facility at the well site and a 370 km pipeline from Nawara to Gabes where a Gas Treatment Plant was to be installed. In April 2012, the Tunisian Government unilaterally changed the location of the facilities and pipeline route to include Tataouine. As the altered routing would have made the project uneconomic, the Government agreed to revert to the original route with  the plant in Gabes in February 2013. In March 2014, the Government announced that it would build a spur line to Tataouine city to satisfy local gas demand, as well as a gas treatment plant with a capacity of 600,000 m3/d and an LPG bottling unit to create new job opportunities. Concept. The four components are: