In October 1999, UOG and ADNOC issued a joint declaration dividing up Natural Gas distribution between them. Natural gas from the Dolphin Project will be the exclusive supply for natural gas-fired power plants, except in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, and will also supply natural gas for ADNOC contracts with Dubai. Natural gas from the Dolphin Project will use the ADNOC distribution network until the project develops its own network. In March 2000, UOG signed a contract with two foreign firms, TotalFinaElf and Enron, after securing purchase agreements with Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Oman.  In May 2001, however, Enron announced that it was backing out of the project, and selling its 24.5 percent stake back to UOG.  UOG sold this share to Occidental Petroleum in June 2002 after receiving bids from several foreign companies. Upstream development in Qatar began in 2003, financing for the subsea Pipeline was concluded in late 2004, and initial deliveries of natural gas to the UAE are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2007. After several years of delays, Dubai signed a binding natural gas sales contract with Dolphin Energy in May 2005. Oman already has a natural gas pipeline to Fujairah in the UAE, and until supplies from Qatar become available, Fujairah is importing natural gas from Oman, under a contract held by Dolphin Energy. Supplies of 135 Mmcf/d of Omani natural gas commenced in January 2004 -- the first natural gas transmission across national borders on the Arabian Peninsula. Eventually, Qatari natural gas will be supplied to Fujairah, and the direction of the pipeline will be reversed by 2008, allowing for Omani imports of Qatari natural gas.