QatarEnergy awards offshore contract to McDermott to boost production capacity
QatarEnergy said on Monday it has awarded a major Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (EPCI) contract for the offshore scope of its North Field Expansion Project to McDermott Middle East Inc.
The expansion project will increase Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity from 77 million tons per annum (MTPA) to 126 MTPA, through the North Field East (NFE) and North Field South (NFS) expansion projects, the company said in a statement. The first LNG project is expected in 2025.
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 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 & CEO of QatarEnergy.
QatarEnergy said that they have entrusted Qatargas to execute this mega project on behalf of QatarEnergy.
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