Fabrication of the first two jackets required for offshore facilities as part of the North Field Expansion (NFE) project is complete, Qatar Petroleum reported. The project aims to to increase Qatar’s LNG production capacity to 110 million tonnes/year by 2024 from the current 77 million tpy.
The NFE project’s engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract for the jackets was awarded to McDermott International in April (OGJ Online, Apr. 12, 2019). The contract for new facilities, valued at $50-250 million by McDermott, includes the full suite of EPCI services for eight offshore jackets.
The company also was awarded the front end engineering and design contract for the associated topsides and pipelines in May.