The Strasshof project incorporates the development of the Reyersdorf Dolomite and Perchtoldsdorfer Dolomite fields, first discovered in April, 2005. Petrofac will run two parallel FEED studies in order to develop the options for processing the sour gas (3% H2S) from the fields to consider two gas-processing options, namely sulphur recovery and acid gas re-injection. This FEED work also includes the design of a multi-phase gathering pipeline network, an export pipeline for 1.9m cum/d of gas, a condensate/water export pipeline, and an acid-gas injection pipeline. This announcement follows the master consultancy agreement signed earlier this year which enables OMV Austria to draw on Petrofac's front-end consultancy expertise in the development of oil and gas production and processing facilities. Mr R Samhaber, senior vice president at OMV Austria, said: "This project is a significant milestone in our aim of increasing our domestic production by more than 25% to 50,000boe/d by 2010. This will reverse Austria's natural production decline and demonstrate that OMV Austria provides outstanding expertise in management of mature assets. In partnership with Petrofac, we also want to set a technical landmark by implementing acid-gas injection as an enhanced-gas-recovery system. Acid-gas injection is common as a disposal method for CO2 and H2S; however, OMV Austria aims to develop this further and increase gas production by sweeping a producing reservoir using injected acid gas. This will be a milestone in environmentally-friendly and sustainable sour gas production, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by more than two thirds."