LNG

Saipem, the leading liquefied natural gas and energy project engineering company, has signed a new contract with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) for the Jafurah Gas Development in the Arab kingdom.

The Saudi project also involves the construction of about 835 kilometres (519 miles) of pipelines.

“The project involves the construction of a hydrocarbon collection system and the transport of gas and condensate to the new Jafurah plant, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia,” said Milan-based Saipem.

The Italian company will also build a system to transport water associated with the separation of the treated gas.

The engineering, procurement and construction contract includes the supply of materials and commissioning of the pipelines for the transportation of gas, condensate and production water.

“The award of this new project from Aramco consolidates a long-standing relationship and Saipem's strategic positioning in the Middle East,” said Francesco Caio, Saipem's Chief Executive.

“The agreement confirms the trust and appreciation of our customers in the project management capacity and in the cutting-edge engineering and technological services that Saipem is able to offer,” stated Caio.

Saipem was recently awarded two new offshore contracts for transportation and installation activities for a total amount of more than $600M relating to Australian LNG and Turkish pipeline natural gas projects.

LNG awards

Saipem was chosen by Chevron Corp. in Australia for the Jansz-lo Compression Project, designing and developing the infrastructure and the gas field located around 200 kilometres offshore the northwest coast of Australia, at water depths of around 1,400 metres.

The Jansz-lo field is part of the Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG Project, which is supplied with feed gas from a group of different offshore fields and is one of the world’s largest LNG plants located on Barrow Island.

Additionally, Saipem is working on the offshore portion of the North Field production project in the Arab Gulf underpinning the Qatar’s LNG expansion.

It has also been contracted along with Technip Energies and Russian firm NIPIGas, a subsidiary of the Gazprom Neft Group, to help develop the Arctic LNG II project for Yamal LNG operator, Russia’s Novatek.

Anadarko Petroleum, the US company that has agreed to be taken over by Occidental Petroleum and whose liquefied natural gas assets will be sold to French major Total, has awarded the main engineering contract for the onshore Mozambique LNG plant to a consortium of companies from Italy, the US and Japan.