QatarEnergy said it has awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the offshore portion of its massive North Field Liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion project to engineering company McDermott.
The project will increase Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 million tons per annum to 126 million tons per annum through the North Field East (NFE) and North Field South (NFS) expansion projects, with the first LNG expected in 2025.
The North Field lies off the northeast shore of the Qatar peninsula and is one of the largest single non-associated natural gas fields in the world.
According to press statement by QatarEnergy, the scope for the awarded 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 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.
