QatarEnergy awards mega-offshore feed-gas project for huge LNG expansion to McDermott of US
QatarEnergy said that as part of its LNG expansion project it awarded the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the offshore portion of its North Field feed-gas project to Houston, Texas-based firm McDermott Inc.
The expansion project will increase the state of Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 million tonnes per annum to 126 MTPA, through the North Field East (NFE) and North Field South (NFS) development ventures with first LNG expected in 2025.
QatarEnergy explained that the scope for the contract includes 13 normally unmanned wellhead platforms topsides (eight for NFE and five for NFS), in addition to various connecting pipelines and the shore approaches for the NFE pipelines, beach valve stations and buildings.
The Qataris added that the jackets and the pipelines for the NFS Project will be subject to a separate tender which is expected to be awarded in the first half of 2022.
“The award of this major EPCI contract is a momentous milestone that demonstrates QatarEnergy’s commitment to delivering our LNG expansion projects on time and to ensure the significant additional global LNG demand is catered for in a timely manner,” said Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs and the President and chief Executive of QatarEnergy.
“This contract also reinforces our excellent relationship with McDermott,” added Al-Kaabi.
“We are confident that the effective collaboration between QatarEnergy, Qatargas and McDermott will result in the safe and successful delivery of the project according to plan,” stated the CEO.
Al-Kaabi added that the QatarEnergy affiliate Qatargas, which has a proven history of delivering such major projects, has been entrusted with executing this mega project on behalf of QatarEnergy.
“I would like to take this opportunity to express my thanks and appreciation to Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the CEO of Qatargas, and to both the Qatargas and QatarEnergy teams for their significant efforts and contributions that resulted in the successful and timely execution of this contract,” Al-Kaabi declared.
The scope of the first phase of the expansion at the Ras Laffan production complex involves an additional four Trains, each with 8.0 MTPA of output.
Qatar has the southern portion of the North Field in Gulf waters and the other part is under the jurisdiction of neighbouring Iran.
