Saipem said in a statement on Sunday it won an offshore EPC contract for the combined COMP3A & COMP3B of the North Field Production Sustainability Offshore Compression Program.
The program aims to sustain the production of the North Field offshore natural gas reservoir, which is located off the northeast coast of Qatar.
Saipem’s scope of work encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation of six platforms.
The work also includes 100 km of corrosion resistance alloy rigid subsea pipelines of 28’’ and 24’’ diameter, 100 km of subsea composite cables, 150 km of fiber optic cables, and several other subsea facilities.
This “important” contract follows the EPC package for the North Field Production Sustainability Offshore Compression Complexes Project (COMP 2), awarded to Saipem in October 2022 and currently being executed.
Saipem said at the time this award represented the largest single offshore contract by total value in the company’s history.
It followed the award in early 2021 related to offshore facilities for extraction and transportation of natural gas for the same field.
Giant LNG expanion
QatarEnergy is currently working on the giant North Field LNG expansion program, which includes the North Field South and North Field West projects. Together, these will raise Qatar’s LNG production capacity from the current 77 mtpa to 142 mtpa in 2030.
The first two projects include six mega trains, each with a production capacity of 8 mtpa of LNG. Four of these are part of the North Field East expansion project, and two are part of the North Field South expansion project.
In February, QatarEnergy also announced the North Field West project which will add 16 mtpa of LNG to the overall expansion of the North Field.
QatarEnergy officially started constructing its North Field expansion project in the giant Ras Laffan complex in October last year.
QatarEnergy LNG, previously known as Qatargas, currently operates 14 LNG production trains with a capacity of about 77 mtpa in Ras Laffan.
Also, QatarEnergy’s partners in the expansion project are Shell, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, Eni, Sinopec, and CNPC.
Technip and Chiyoda won the EPC award for the North Field East project, while QatarEnergy awarded the contract for the North Field South project to a joint venture of Technip Energies and Consolidated Contractors Company.
