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REPSOL DISCOVERS 1 BILLION
BARRELS OF SHALE OIL IN
ARGENTINA
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BP PLANS EXPANSION
OF US$5 BILLION
INDONESIAN GAS
PLANT
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In this month’s ProjectsOGP magazine
This month BP plans to expand its US$5 billion Tangguh
gas plant in Indonesia. The expansion forms part of Chief
Executive Bob Dudley’s plan to replicate multi-billion
projects made by Shell that could generate long-term cash,
profits and support growth in other areas of the business.
The fourfold expansion also marks the Company’s
intentions to take advantage of future growth in Asia. The
Company has discovered enough gas in the Tangguh
field to support the expansion and develop a third train. A
development plan is being put in place for the third train,
which is expected to be approved by BPMigas in the coming
months.
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billion barrels of shale oil in Argentina’ and ‘SK Engineering
and Construction has joined with Shaw to build US$3.5
billion petrochemical plant in Egypt’, however with over 100
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everyone.
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SOUTH AMERICA
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IOC plans US$1.87 billion investment to increase Koyali refinery
capacity in Gujurat
Asia
BP plans expansion of US$5 billion Indonesian gas plant
Oceania
5
SK Engineering and Construction has joined with Shaw to build
US$3.5 billion petrochemical plant in Egypt
Africa
7
JGC lands EPC contract for Bir Seba field in Algeria from
Groupement Bir Seba
Africa
7
Subsea 7 secures US$465 million EPCI contract offshore West
Africa
Africa
8
Punj Lloyd lands EPC contract from Qatar Solar Technologies for
US$1 billion polysilicon plant
Middle East
14
Leighton lands US$518 contract for Crude Oil Export Facility
Reconstruction Project from South Oil Company in Iraq
Middle East
14
Southern Union to build US$235 million natural gas plant in
Permian Basin, USA
North America
18
Repsol discovers 1 billion barrels of shale oil in Argentina
South America
20
Dresser-Rand lands US$700 million compression equipment and
services contract from TUPI B.V. and GUARA B.V.
South America
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ASIA & OCEANIA PROJECTS
Bangladesh starts work to set up first
US$500 million floating terminal with
Proten & Partners
Bangladesh has started work to set up its first floating
terminal for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) with
an investment of US$500 million.
The project is due to be completed by the end of 2013.
The terminal will be built 1.5 kilometres from Moheshkhali island in the Bay of Bengal.
Poten & Partners will help Petrobangla in transmission
and marketing of the LNG which the south Asian country is going to import to ease pressure on natural gas.
CNPC, Qatar Petroleum and Shell
to build petrochemical complex in
Taizhou
CNPC, Qatar Petroleum International and Shell
(China) Limited signed a cooperation framework
agreement with Taizhou Municipal Government, to
jointly build a refining and petrochemical complex in
Taizhou, Zhejiang province.
The Taizhou refining and petrochemical project will
refine imported condensate to produce ethylene and
other petrochemicals. It will spur the construction
of many midstream and downstream petrochemical
projects, highly raise local self-sufficiency rate of
petrochemical products, and promote the industrial
transformation and upgrading in Zhejiang province.
Hindustan Petroleum to conduct
feasibility study for Visakhapatnam in
southern India
Hindustan Petroleum has invited bids to conduct
a feasibility study for a refinery and petrochemical
project at Visakhapatnam in southern India. The
last date to submit tenders for the contract is Nov.
15th 2011. Hindustan Petroleum is reviving the
Visakhapatnam project which was stalled earlier as its
partners had pulled out due to the global economic
slowdown in 2008-09.
The Visakhapatnam project was initially planned as a
joint venture by Hindustan Petroleum, Mittal Energy
Investments, Total, GAIL and Oil India. It was projected
to have an export-oriented refinery with a capacity of
280,000-300,000 barrels a day and a petrochemical
plant of at least 1 million tons of annual capacity.
BPCL considering Maharashtra and
Karnataka for US$1 billion LNG unit
BPCL is looking at Maharashtra and Karnataka to set
up a land-based LNG terminal. BPCL, which is working on a prefeasibility report, was looking at both the
east and west coasts to set up the terminal for around
US$1billion. The terminal will have a capacity of 5-6
MMT. Gujarat has two terminals and another one is
proposed to come up at Mundra.
Evonik Industries to build
US$139.26m production plant for
hydrogen peroxide in northeastern
Evonik Industries will build a new production plant
for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in Jilin Province
in northeastern China. An investment of over
US$139.26m (100 million Euros) in the project sees
Evonik moving another step forward in its endeavor
to access new sales markets for this environmentally
friendly oxidant.
IOC plans US$1.87 billion investment
to increase Koyali refinery capacity in
Gujurat
Indian Oil Corp. is mulling investing US$1.87 billion to
raise capacity at its Koyali refinery in Gujarat to 18 million
tonnes. A consultant would be appointed by December
2011 to prepare a Detailed Feasibility Report (DFR)
for the capacity expansion. The expansion may cost
US$1.87 billion and the project may take 36-40 months
to complete.
IOC was identifying how much land was needed for
the expansion and has identified potential areas near
Bajwa village, adjacent to Koyali. Koyali refinery, near
Ahmedabad, is the second largest of the 10 refineries
IOC owns. IOC has a total refining capacity of 64.7 million
tonnes, making it the nation’s largest refiner ahead of
Reliance Industries whose twin refineries at Jamnagar in
Gujarat have a combined capacity of 62 million tonnes.
IOC’s refining capacity will rise to close to 80 million
tonnes when its 15 million tonnes a year Paradip unit in
Orissa is commissioned in the first quarter of 2013. The
company is targeting to sell fuel from the Rs 29,777 crore
Paradip refinery in domestic market rather than export as
it was earlier thought, due to rise in fuel demand at home.
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ASIA & OCEANIA PROJECTS
BP plans expansion of US$5
billion Indonesian gas plant
MAN Diesel & Turbo lands order for
compressors over US$69.63 million
in China
MAN Diesel & Turbo secures order for 24 compressor
units for an integrated chemical complex in Chongqing,
China. The order size is about US$69.63 million (50
million Euros).
Designed as a combined plant, the chemical complex
will be involved in the large-scale production of industrial gases and chemical raw materials for further processing, e.g. to produce plastics such as polyurethanes
(PU) and PVC. MAN delivers the process gas screw
compressor units. The total capital investment is over
US$5.5billion.
BP is drawing up plans to quadruple
the size of its US$5 billion gas plant in
Indonesia.
The fourfold expansion of the Tangguh
liquified natural gas facility is being
considered in order to take advantage of
future growth in Asia.
The move would form part of chief
executive Bob Dudley’s plan to replicate
multi-billion projects made by Shell that
could generate long term cash and profits
and fund growth in other areas.
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Sinopec starts work on US$2.8 billion
coal-based petrochemical complex in
southwest China
Sinopec Group, and the provincial government of
Guizhou has launched a coal-based petrochemical
project in southwest China, which involves the oil major
investing US$2.8 billion for the first phase of the project.
MHI lands large-scale fertilizer plant
order from Petronas in Malaysia
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI), jointly with
APEX Energy Sdn Bhd of Malaysia, and PT Rekayasa
Industri (REKIND) in Indonesia, has received an order
from PETRONAS Chemical Fertilizer Sabah Sdn Bhd.
(PCFSSB) for a project to construct a large-scale
ammonia/urea fertilizer plant.
PCFSSB is a subsidiary of PETRONAS Chemicals
Group Berhad (PCG), which is an affiliate company of
PETRONAS, the national oil company of Malaysia. The
contract was signed today in Malaysia. The plant will be
the first large-scale fertilizer plant order from Malaysia in
15 years since 1996 when MHI received an order from
PETRONAS.
The order calls for plant engineering, procurement and
construction. MHI, as leader of the consortium, will be
responsible for the basic and detailed design work, the
procurement of equipment and the dispatch of technical
advisors for installation and test operation. APEX
Energy and REKIND will take charge of a portion of the
equipment procurement and construction work.
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AFRICA PROJECTS
Cecon secures Letter of Award for
subsea installation in West Africa
Cecon has received Letter of Award for a fast-track pipeline installation project in West Africa. Engineering and
Project Management will commence immediately with
Installation expected completed by the end of 4Q 2011.
The project will be executed using Cecon installation
spread on a third party chartered installation vessel.
Cecon is expecting more contract awards within the next
months to come, confirming the strong SURF market in
several geographic regions.
EMGS wins US$5.5 million 3D
contract, offshore Ghana
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has been
awarded a contract by a new customer partnership to
acquire and process 3D electromagnetic (EM) data
offshore Ghana. The contract value is about US$5.5
million, and data acquisition will be performed by the 3D
EM vessel BOA Galatea starting in early October 2011.
JGC lands EPC contract for Bir Seba
field in Algeria from Groupement Bir Seba
JGC and its subsidiary JGC Algeria Ltd have been awarded
the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)
services contract for the Bir Seba Field Development
Project by Groupement Bir Seba, comprising Sonatrach,
the Algerian state-owned oil and gas company,
Petrovietnam Exploration Production Corporation, and
PTT Exploration and Production Algeria. Participating
interests in Groupement Bir Seba are 25%, 40%, and
35%, respectively.
The lump-sum turnkey contract has a value of more than
US$400 million and calls for Project completion in the
first half of 2014. With the award of the Bir Seba Field
Development Project, JGC will be collaborating with JGC
Algeria for the fourth time on an EPC project. Moreover,
this Project will strengthen JGC Algeria’s project execution
capabilities.
SK Engineering and Construction
has joined with Shaw to build US$3.5
billion petrochemical plant in Egypt
SK Engineering and Construction has joined with Shaw
to build a US$3.5 billion petrochemical plant in Egypt.
The deal was signed in South Korea by executives of
SK, Shaw Group and Carbon Holdings.
The plant capable of producing 1.35 million tons of
ethylene a year will be built in the Ain Sokhna industrial
complex 120 kilometers (72 miles) east of Cairo.
Construction would be completed in 2016.
CTC Marine awarded transportation,
installation and burial works contract on
Total’s Anguille project from SBM France
CTC Marine Projects Ltd has been awarded a
multi-million pound contract by SBM France SA for
transportation, installation and burial works in the
Anguille Field, Gabon.
Working in West Africa for only the second time,
CTC will utilise the Maersk Recorder to perform the
workscope, which will include collection of the power
cable from Hartlepool, UK. The Maersk Recorder
will lay 4 kilometres of cable, including a 650 metre
beach pull and cable joint, and will be assisted by one
of CTC’s jet trenchers to undertake the burial of 49
kilometres of power cable along the route.
The 75 day workscope, for TOTAL Gabon, is expected
to commence in field in late December 2011,
following the vessel’s mobilisation.
CGGVeritas receives US$29
million 3D seismic contract from
Hyperdynamics, offshore Guinea
Hyperdynamics Corporation has signed a 3D
acquisition and processing contract with CGGVeritas
to cover an area of approximately 4,000 square
kilometers in its exploration block offshore Guinea. The
value of the contract is approximately US$29 million
gross.
The survey is expected to begin in late October 2011,
using the survey vessel Oceanic Endeavour. The area
of the 3D acquisition is just southwest and adjacent
to one of the 3D surveys obtained by HDY in 2010.
The major goal of the work is to investigate multiple
possible deepwater submarine fans seen on a 2D
survey acquired for Hyperdynamics in 2009. The new
survey will use the CGGVeritas BroadSeis broadband
solution, which will provide a clearer and more detailed
image of the subsurface. After acquisition, the data will
be processed by CGGVeritas, with completion of that
work expected in the second half of 2012.
Hyperdynamics operates the offshore Guinea
concession with a 77 percent interest. Aberdeen-based
Dana Petroleum has a 23 percent stake.
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AFRICA PROJECTS
Subsea 7 secures US$465 million
EPCI contract offshore West Africa
Subsea 7 has been awarded of a contract valued at
approximately US$465 million for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of sealines for a
major shallow water development offshore West Africa.
Detailed engineering will commence immediately, with
offshore installation scheduled to commence in Q3
2013, using the Acergy Polaris pipelay vessel.
TGS acquires multi-client seismic
survey offshore Sierra Leone
TGS has commenced the acquisition of a new multiclient 3D seismic survey offshore Sierra Leone. This
survey marks over ten years of investment for TGS in
the West African region and will add 1,038 km2 to the
existing TGS data library.
Upon completion, TGS will have over 6,200 km2 of
contiguous multi-client 3D data offshore Sierra Leone.
The new 3D seismic will provide important data for
continued exploration on the Sierra Leone segment
of the West Africa Transform Margin, where recent
discoveries have established that a working hydrocarbon
system exists.
The seismic data is being acquired by the M/V
GeoCarribean and is scheduled to complete during 4Q
2011. Data processing will be performed by TGS and
data will be available to clients in 1Q 2012.
Technip lands front-end engineering
and design contract for ammonia-urea
fertilizer facility from Gabon Fertilizers
Company
Technip has been awarded a contract by Gabon
Fertilizers Company a strategic engineering contract
for a world class grassroots ammonia-urea fertilizer
project to be developed at Port Gentil, Gabon. The
proposed project includes a 2,200 metric ton per
day ammonia plant and a 3,850 metric ton per day
granulated urea plant with self-sufficient utility and
offsite units and product export facilities.
Under the contract, Technip will perform the frontend engineering design for the project as well as
the detailed cost estimate for the engineering,
procurement and construction phases.
Upon completion of the front-end engineering
and detailed cost estimate, this contract can be
seamlessly converted to a lump sum turnkey contract.
Technip will also assist Gabon Fertilizers Company
in its project financing efforts. Apart from giving
considerable flexibility in the optimal design of the
plant, this methodology is expected to result in
significant savings in both the capital expenditure cost
and project schedule. This is ideally suited for projects
in remote locations where the costs and the time
schedule are difficult to estimate accurately.
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FEATURED CLIENT
CONDUCTOR INSTALLATION SERVICES LTD OPENS
NEW GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS
Expansion Fuelled by Demand
In response to ever-increasing demand for its
services, Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS),
an Acteon company, has opened a new world
headquarters in Great Yarmouth, England. Located
at the Eurocentre, it serves as a global operations
centre, providing greater resources and services.
CIS provides conductor installation services
associated with construction projects carried out
by the global oil and gas industry. For example, CIS
drives conductors that form the foundations for new
wells, platforms, bridges and jetties.
“The new facility means that we can respond
even more efficiently to enquiries, and personnel,
equipment and engineering resources are deployed
more rapidly,” said Andy Penman, Group Managing
Director of CIS.
The Great Yarmouth facility features offices and
a sizable workshop, and houses technical sales
and operations personnel. It also maintains a
comprehensive suite of specialist equipment,
including a range of powerful hydraulic hammers that
CIS uses to carry out conductor-driving operations
around the world.
The new base is located at:
Conductor Installation Services Ltd
CIS House
Eurocentre
North River Road
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England NR30 1TE
Tel: +44 (0)1493 849680
“The new facility means that
we can respond even more
efficiently to enquiries, and
personnel, equipment and
engineering resources are
deployed more rapidly”
Andy Penman
Group Managing Director of CIS
CIS awarded largest contract in company history
In other news, CIS was recently awarded the largest
contract in its history by Weatherford Nigeria. The USD
multi-million dollar contract requires CIS to provide a
range of conductor installation services in Nigeria on
behalf of two major operators in the region.
Services will be carried out in conjunction with
construction of a jetty, onshore and offshore platforms,
and offshore stand-alone conductors. CIS anticipates
that it will drive approximately 48 slots throughout
the programme. To carry out the conductor-driving
operations, CIS will use hydraulic hammers that
are based permanently in Nigeria to drive larger
conductors measuring up to 42 inches. The
contract is being supported by CIS from its base
in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and from the new global
headquarters in Great Yarmouth.
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FEATURED CLIENT
Although it is the first time that CIS will have
delivered conductor installation services in
Nigeria on behalf of one of the two customers,
CIS has provided these services for this operator
in other regions.
Recently, CIS completed an extremely complex
operation that involved driving 60 48-inch bridge
support piles and an additional 160 18-inch jetty
piles in the jungles of Papua New Guinea.
All piles were driven successfully to their target
depths without a safety incident.
Firm commitment to safety pays off
As a result of its continuing commitment to
safety, CIS achieved an historic HSE milestone
this year: six years without a single accident or
incident resulting in a Lost Time Incident (LTI).
For the second consecutive year CIS received the
prestigious Gold Award for Occupational Health
and Safety 2011 from the UK’s Royal Society for
the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
The RoSPA Awards criteria includes not only
accident records, but the entrant’s overall health
and safety management systems, recognising
important practices such as strong leadership
and workforce involvement. For CIS, this means
its personnel exhibit solid teamwork, a high
level of safety awareness and implementation of
rigorous HSE standards.
Andy Penman, Founder and Managing Director of
CIS, (right) receives the company’s second consecutive
Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety from
the UK’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
Currently, CIS is carrying out conductor
installation operations in West Africa, Middle
The award was given to CIS in recognition of operating
East, Asia Pacific, the Caribbean and Europe.
for six years without a single accident or incident
“Looking ahead, we anticipate that we will
resulting in a Lost Time Incident.
complete more than 60 operations in 2011 and
70 operations in 2012,” said Penman. “With
the number of construction projects scheduled to kick off next year, and operators’ drive to contain costs while
enhancing safety, 2012 is set to be a record-breaking year for CIS.”
CIS is a member of Acteon’s Conductors, Risers and Flowlines division.
For more information contact:
Andy Penman, Group Managing Director, Conductor Installation Services Ltd
CIS House, Eurocentre, North River Road, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, England NR30 1TE
Tel: +44 (0)1493 849680
Fax: +44 (0)1493 849681
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.c-i-services.com
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EUROPE PROJECTS
ABB secures Norwegian Asgard
US$36 million subsea contract from
Aker Solutions
ABB has won an order worth US$36 million from Aker
Solutions to provide drives and transformers to their
subsea power distribution system for the Asgard subsea
oil and gas field operated by Norway’s Statoil.
ABB’s equipment will ensure reliable power, as well
as optimized motor speed and control, for the world’s
first subsea gas compression system from onboard the
Asgard A floating vessel off the northern coast of Norway. The electrical system will be able to transmit 15
megavolt-amperes and 189 hertz, enough to power over
10,000 homes, over a distance of 43 kilometers. Once
completed, this will be a world record distance as well as
the highest voltage and frequency achieved between a
drive on a floating production facility and a compressor
on the seabed.
AMEC awarded US$239 million Clair
Ridge design engineering contract in
North Sea from BP and partners
AMEC has been appointed by BP and its partners, Shell,
ConocoPhillips and Chevron, to deliver the engineering
and project management services for the main platform
design for Clair Ridge, the second phase of the giant
Clair oil field, West of Shetland.
The work, which is already underway, is valued
at US$239 million (£150 million) and follows the
completion of the conceptual engineering studies and
the define phase of the Clair Ridge project. All are part of
BP’s Global Agreement with AMEC.
technology to improve energy efficiency and reduce
environmental impact.
Aker Solutions wins US$38.9 million
basic engineering contract from Total for
Hild field in Norwegian North Sea
Aker Solutions has won a contract to conduct the
basic engineering for the development of Total’s Hild
field in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract value
is about US$38.9 million.
Aker Solutions’ scope of work includes engineering for
several building blocks, including topside, jacket, an
FSO (floating storage and offloading), turret and mooring, SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers, pipelines and
flowlines) and transportation and installation.
The work will be completed in the summer of 2012.
Basic engineering work covers a greater level of detail
than a normal FEED (Front-end, engineering and design) study for field developments.
The topside engineering will be done from Aker Solutions’ head offices in Oslo, Norway, while the turret
and mooring work will be conducted in Kristiansand,
Norway. Aker Solutions has previously completed a
pre-project/pre-basic engineering study for the field.
The contract party for Aker Solutions is Aker Engineering & Technology AS.
AMEC lands US$77.7 million frontend engineering design contract for
the Cygnus gas field in North Sea
from GDF Suez
The award will see AMEC deliver detailed engineering
and project management services for the construction
and installation phase of two new bridge linked
platforms. This includes detail design, follow-on
engineering, site support, plus procurement, supply
chain services, materials management and information
management services for the whole project. The work
will be carried out by a combined team of 600 technical
experts based in AMEC’s London offices.
AMEC has won a front-end engineering design
contract for the Cygnus gas field development worth
US$77.7 million.
The two new platforms are due to be installed in 2015,
with production scheduled to start in 2016. BP’s £4.5
billion capital investment will give access to 640 million
barrels of recoverable oil, and see up to 120,000 barrels
per day at peak, extending the life of the field to 2050.
Clair Ridge will be engineered by AMEC with the latest
The FEED contract for the GDF Suez development,
located in the North Sea, starts immediately and is
scheduled for completion in 2012.
The contract includes work on the option to proceed
into the detailed design and procurement phase, and
is expected to create about 150 new jobs at peak.
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EUROPE PROJECTS
Bergen Group Offshore lands
contract for storage of ATP hull from
Bluewater Industries
Bergen Group Offshore, through its subsidiary Bergen
Group Hanøytangen AS, has received a contract from
Bluewater Industries in Houston for the storage of the
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation hull for the new Octabuoy platform to be installed on the Cheviot Field in the UK-sector
of the North Sea.
The hull for the Octabuoy Platform is currently being
completed in China and is scheduled to arrive at Hanøytangen in July 2012 where it will be stored until the
process deck and topside shall be mated. During the
storage phase Bergen Group Hanøytangen will perform
preparatory work for the hookup phase.
Bergen Group Offshore has also through its subsidiary
Bergen Group Rosenberg AS executed a letter of intent
with Bluewater Industries for the planning and preparations for the topside to hull hook up.
Saipem secures subsea development
contract from Gazprom for Sakhalin 3
project in Russia
Gazprom Dobycha Shelf awarded the Saipem
a subsea development contract along with
Mezhregiontruboprovostroy as part of the Sakhalin 3
project in the Russian Far East.
The project is located at the Kirinskoye Gas
Condensate Field which lies in a water depth of
up to 85 metres in the sea of Okhotsk around 28
kilometres off the east coast of Sakhalin Island.
Dockwise lands contract from Eni to
transport Goliat FPSO to Norway
Dockwise has been contracted to transport the Goliat
FPSO newbuild from a yard in South Korea to northern
Norway. The heavy-left vessel specialist is to use its
unit Dockwise Vanguard to transport the FPSO from
Hyundai Heavy Industries to the Goliat field for operator Eni.
Gassco AS awards Norsea Gas
Terminal (NGT) pre-engineering
update contract in Germany to
Ramboll Oil & Gas
Gassco AS has awarded a pre-engineering update
(FEED Update) contract to Ramboll Oil & Gas,
Denmark for upgrade of the Norsea Gas Terminal
(NGT) in Northern Germany.
The pre-engineering update work will address the
implementation of significant changes to the initial
FEED phase for the necessary upgrades to extend the
lifetime of the Norsea Gas Terminal.
This work will also include some minor work at the
Europipe Metering Station (EMS) and the Europipe
Receiving Facilities (ERF).
The contract has a value of approximately 65 MNOK
and the work commences in early October this year
for completion at the end of Q2 2012.
Final investment decision for Gassco Emden Project
will be taken in 2012.
Petrofac secures IES agreement for Greater Stella Area development in the North
Sea with Ithaca and Dyas
Petrofac’s Integrated Energy Services division has
signed an agreement that will see the deployment of
the floating production facility FPF1 (‘the FPF1’) on
the Greater Stella Area development in the North Sea.
Petrofac has agreed to sell 80% of the share capital in
the company holding the FPF1 (the ‘FPF1 Company’)
to Ithaca Energy Inc (‘Ithaca’), and Dyas BV. As at the
date of sale the FPF1 has a book value of US$43
million.
Under the terms of sale and purchase agreements,
subject to relevant consents, Petrofac will acquire
a 20% interest, from the other co-venturers in the
Ithaca operated Greater Stella Area development,
covering the Stella and Harrier, Hurricane and Helios
discoveries.
Gassco AS has awarded a pre-engineering update (FEED
Update) contract to Ramboll Oil & Gas, Denmark for
upgrade of the Norsea Gas Terminal (NGT) in Northern
Germany.
The pre-engineering update work will address the
implementation of significant changes to the initial FEED
phase for the necessary upgrades to extend the lifetime of
the Norsea Gas Terminal.
This work will also include some minor work at the
Europipe Metering Station (EMS) and the Europipe
Receiving Facilities (ERF).
The contract has a value of approximately 65 MNOK
and the work commences in early October this year for
completion at the end of Q2 2012. Final investment
decision for Gassco Emden Project will be taken in 2012.
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Honeywell selected by RWE Dea to design and install the Integrated Control and
Safety Systems for Clipper South and Breagh A platforms
Honeywell has been selected by RWE Dea
to design and install the Integrated Control
and Safety Systems (ICSS) at both of RWE
Dea’s new North Sea platforms, Clipper
South and Breagh A.
The projects, which are scheduled for
completion at the end of 2011, will see
Honeywell Process Solutions’ (HPS) ICSS
implemented at the two RWE Dea’s
North Sea platforms, simplifying operator
training procedures and greatly reducing
maintenance costs as the company
continues its expansion into the region.
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MIDDLE EAST PROJECTS
Axens secures contract to supply
process technology for Oil Projects
refinery from State Company in Iraq
The State Company for Oil Projects, part of the Iraqi
Ministry of Oil, has awarded Axens the Basic Design
and License contracts for the construction of the new
refinery in Nassiriya, Iraq.
Axens will supply: H-OilRC technology for the
hydroconversion of 52,000 barrels per day (BPSD) of
vacuum residue (VR).
The H-OilRC plant will convert deeply VR to low sulfur
distillates and produce a low sulfur residue; Prime-D –
Gas Oil desulfurization hydrotreater.
The 105,000 BPSD unit will produce ultra low sulfur
diesel (ULSD) with less than 10 ppm of sulphur;
Prime-K – Kerosene desulfurization hydrotreater with
a processing capacity of 24,000 BPSD and Butane
Isomerization unit – having a process capacity about
11,900 BPSD.
The refinery will have a capacity of 300,000 BPSD
of domestic crude oil and will deliver high quality
products mainly for the domestic market.
Punj Lloyd receives EPC contract
from Qatar Solar Technologies for
US$1 billion polysilicon plant
Punj Lloyd has been awarded an engineering,
procurement and construction contract to set up
Qatar’s first plant for manufacture of polysilicon, the
raw material used to build solar cells. The contract
has been awarded by Qatar Solar Technologies and is
scheduled to be commissioned by mid-2013.
The EPC contract awarded to the Indian conglomerate
involves the establishment of 4,000 tonnes per
annum of polysilicon manufacturing capacity. The
total envisaged capacity of the plant is 8,000 TPA of
high-purity solar grade polysilicon at an investment of
US$1 billion.
The scope of work under the contract involves
residual basic engineering and design, detailed
engineering, procurement, supply, manufacturing,
construction and commissioning, among other
responsibilities.
The project site was selected with future expansion in
mind and spans 1.2 million square metres of land in
Ras Laffan Industrial City, in the North-East of Qatar.
Leighton lands US$518m contract
for Crude Oil Export Facility
Reconstruction Project from South
Oil Company in Iraq
Leighton Offshore has been awarded a major contract
by Iraq’s South Oil Company.
The US$518 million contract forms part of the Crude
Oil Export Facility Reconstruction Project (the Sea Line
Project), which is financed and supported through the
Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) Loan
by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
ABB wins main automation contract
from Sadara Chemical for complex in
Jubail
Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture
between Saudi Aramco and the Dow Chemical
Company, has awarded the main automation contract
for its chemical complex in Jubail to leading power
and automation company ABB Ltd. ABB’s work on
the project will include supplying process automation
and safety systems, project management, project
engineering, commissioning assistance, and postcommissioning site support. ABB will also provide
technical training in engineering, operation, and
maintenance.
POSCO Engineering awarded
Polymers Plant EPC contract from
Sipchem in Saudi Arabia
Saudi International Petrochemical Company
(Sipchem) affiliate Gulf Advanced Cable Insulation
Company has awarded on LSTK basis the engineering
design, procurement and construction contract for
the Wire and Cable Polymers Compounding Plant to
POSCO Engineering Co, South Korea.
The new plant will produce the power cable insulation
materials at Sipchem’s site in Jubail Industrial City.
This plant comes as part of Sipchem’s third phase
expansion downstream program.
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MIDDLE EAST PROJECTS
Larsen and Toubro lands US$160
million Lekhwair gas project from
PDO in Oman
Larsen and Toubro has been awarded a project worth
around US$160 million from Petroleum Development
Oman (PDO) to set up a green field project planned to
treat an average of three million cubic metres of gas
as a base case.
This order was bagged against stiff competition from
17 international bidders. The concept for the Lekhwair
gas field development project is a single train gas
plant in Lekhwair (Lekhwair gas plant) exporting
treated gas to the Government Gas Plant in Yibal and
unsterilised condensate and water to the existing
Lekhwair Production Station.
Lekhwair is located approximately 110km from
the Yibal Government Gas Plant and its associated
network. Transport of the processed gas will happen
through the existing 16” gas pipeline from LPS to GGP.
Larsen & Toubro Electromech, a joint venture between
L&T India and the Zubair Corporation, will facilitate
the project implementation. The project is split in two
parts — off plot and on plot.
The off plot work will involve well pad piping and flow
lines, remote manifold station, bulk and test lines,
liquids pipeline from GGP to LPS bulk separator inlet
header and Gas export pipeline line from GGPL to
existing Yibal GGP gas. On plot work is a main gas
treatment plant with required utilities and supporting
facilities.
The scope of the contract includes project
management, residual basic design, planning and
monitoring, residual process engineering, detailed
engineering, procurement, supply, fabrication,
manufacturing, inspection, transportation, storage,
construction, installation, testing, mechanical
completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning,
performance guarantee run test and handing over of
new process units, offsite and utilities to the client.
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Saipem secures Iraq Crude Oil
Export Expansion Project – Phase
2 EPC contract from South Oil
Company
Saipem has been awarded by South Oil Company the
EPIC contract for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion
Project – Phase 2, within the framework of the
expansion of the Basra Oil Terminal, off the Al Faw
Peninsula in the Arabian Gulf, approximately 550
kilometres south-east of Baghdad.
The contract encompasses the engineering,
procurement, fabrication and installation of a Central
Metering and Manifold Platform (CMMP), to be
installed in a water depth of 28 metres, along with
associated facilities.
Fabrication of the CMMP topsides will be carried out
at Saipem’s yard in Karimun (Indonesia), while the
jacket and piles will be fabricated at the Saipem Taqa
Al-Rushid (STAR) yard in Dammam (Saudi Arabia).
Offshore activities will be performed in Q3 and Q4 of
2013.
Axens awarded technologies contract
for Jazan Project from Saudi Aramco
Axens’ technologies have been selected by Saudi
Aramco for its Jazan Refinery & Terminal Project. The
refinery, scheduled to be commissioned in December
2016, will have a capacity of 400,000 BPSD. The
units under Axens design are:
Naphtha hydrotreating for feedstock purification
Aromizing – CCR Reforming for aromatics production
C5/C6 isomerization unit to provide a high octane
component for the gasoline pool
ParamaX complex enabling to produce high purity
paraxylene and benzene.
These units are designed and integrated to maximize
the gasoline production and the aromatics throughput
for petrochemical use.
The Gas Oil desulfurization hydrotreater (Prime-D)
is also under Axens design. This Prime-D unit – one
of the world’s largest – will produce ultra low sulfur
diesel (ULSD) with less than 10 ppm of sulfur. The
refinery will deliver gasoline and diesel that meet Euro
V specifications.
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NORTH AMERICA PROJECTS
Canadian Natural Resources
contracts Saipem for engineering,
procurement and construction at
Horizon Oil Sands Project
Canadian Natural Resources has contracted Saipem
for engineering, procurement and construction at the
Horizon Oil Sands Project in Athabasca Oil Sands,
Alberta. The 44-month project will see the company
build a secondary upgrader at the site made up of three
hydrotreaters which will have a production capacity of
42,599 barrels per stream day of hydrotreated gas oil.
After a phased development, the Horizon Oil Sands
Project aims to develop oil sands resources to produce
a total of 250,000 barrels per calendar day of synthetic
oil. The project is sited on the Canadian Natural Oil
Sands Lease, about 70 kilometres north of Fort
McMurray, with Canadian Natural Resources holding
100% ownership and working interest.
Fluor lands FEED contract from
North West Redwater Partnership
for refinery in Canada
Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by
North West Redwater Partnership to provide frontend engineering and design (FEED) services for a
new refinery project in Alberta, Canada. Fluor booked
the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of
2011.
Under the contract, Fluor will be responsible for two
sections of the refinery that will upgrade bitumen,
separating components and removing impurities, and
will also re-evaluate the FEED deliverables based on a
revised crude slate.
Dockwise secures Big Foot platform
transportation contract from
Chevron
Dockwise has been awarded a contract from Chevron
to transport its Big Foot platform newbuilding from
South Korea to the Gulf of Mexico.
Dockwise is understood to have lined up its vessel
Mighty Servant 1 for the transportation of the
46,000-tonne extended tension-leg platform from
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in the
second half of 2012.
The journey is expected to take around two months
but could not be drawn on the contract price. Chevron
signed off on its US$4 billion Big Foot development in
December 2010. The platform will sit at the field some
320 kilometres south of New Orleans in water depths
of 1600 metres and will have a drilling rig onboard.
Babcock & Wilcox lands Imperial
Kearl oil sands boiler project in
Alberta
The Babcock & Wilcox Company has been awarded
a contract to supply four modularized boilers for the
Kearl Oil Sands Project being developed by Imperial
Oil in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, north of Fort
McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
Babcock & Wilcox Canada supplied the first four TSSG
boilers for the initial scope of the Kearl project and will
supply an additional four TSSG boilers for expanded
capacity. The boilers will produce utility steam that will
be used to support various processes in the plant.
Parker Hannifin lands Jack and St. Malo floating production unit contract from
Chevron U.S.A.
Parker Hannifin has been awarded a contract by Chevron
U.S.A. The scope of the agreement is for 164,042 feet
(50,000m) of polyester mooring rope, accessories and
field support services for the mooring of the Jack and
St. Malo floating production unit, located in the Walker
Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico. The mooring rope will
be installed in approximately 7,000 feet (2,100 meters)
water depth.
The order encompasses design, production and delivery
of polyester mooring line as well as offshore field
inspection support services during installation. The
mooring line has a maximum breaking load (MBL) of
2,301 metric tonnes (22,563kN). This MBL is among
the highest strengths ever to be installed in deepwater
projects. In November of 2010, Parker Scanrope, the
mooring business unit of EPD, surpassed this breaking
load during the qualification phase, maxing out at
2,545 metric tonnes (24,960kN).
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NORTH AMERICA PROJECTS
Petrofac declared selected bidder
on Magallanes and Santuario
blocks, central Mexico
Petrofac confirms that it has been declared the
selected bidder on two integrated services contracts
to develop the Magallanes and Santuario blocks
in Tabasco State, central Mexico. The contracts,
which run for 25 years, will be signed on 18 October
2011 and Petrofac will take responsibility for field
operations after an initial three month transition
period.
Petrofac has committed to an investment of
approximately US$500 million for a 90% interest in
the contract to develop the blocks, while a subsidiary
of PEMEX will retain a 10% economic interest in the
contract. Petrofac will be reimbursed for 75% of its
development expenditure through a cost recovery
mechanism and will receive a tariff for each barrel of
incremental production.
Southern Union to build US$235
million natural gas plant in Permian
Basin, USA
Southern Union Co. has approved construction of
the US$235 million Red Bluff Project in the Permian
Basin.
The 200-million cubic feet per day natural gas
processing plant and associated gathering,
compression and treatment facilities will be operated
through the company’s midstream component,
Southern Union Gas Services.
The construction builds on an existing multiphase
midstream expansion developed in response to
producer needs in the Avalon Shale, Bone Spring and
Wolfcamp plays in west Texas and southeast New
Mexico.
The company will build about 60 miles of pipeline to
deliver up to 20,000 barrels per day of natural gas
liquids. The project is slated for completion during the
middle of 2013.
First oil is scheduled for 2014.
Technip secures contract from
ExxonMobil for specialty lubricant
base stock facility in Texas
Technip was awarded a
contract by ExxonMobil
Chemical for a grassroots
lubricant base stock facility
to be built at ExxonMobil’s
integrated refinery and chemical plant complex in
Baytown, Texas.
The project will provide a new synthetic lubricant base
stock plant, consisting of the process unit, associated
pipe rack and product tanks, as well as pumping and
firewater system.
The contract covers project management, detailed
engineering, procurement, and construction.
Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas will
execute this contract, which is scheduled to be
completed in 2013.
Technip secures umbilical contracts
from Shell for Cardamom and West
Boreas field developments in Gulf of
Mexico
Technip has been awarded a pair of contracts from
Shell to install umbilical systems at two fields in
the Gulf of Mexico. Shell has taken on Technip’s
subsidiary Duco to build and install the umbilical
systems at the Cardamom and West Boreas field
developments.
The Cardamom project will involve 9265 metres of
umbilicals while West Boreas will need 6096 metres.
The umbilical systems will be built at Duco’s Houston
facility and are set for delivery in the second half of
2012.
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SOUTH AMERICA PROJECTS
Repsol discovers 1 billion
barrels of shale oil in Argentina
distributor Transportadora de Gas del Sur.
In a second stage, the supply of gas will increase to as
much as 25 million cmd (880 million cfd).
Aker Solutions to supply Pusnes
offshore loading systems to shuttle
tankers in Brazil
Aker Solutions has been awarded contracts for the
supply of Pusnes offshore loading systems for shuttle
tankers that will operate in Brazil.
Repsol YPF has confirmed its biggest ever
oil discovery following the company’s first
exploration campaign in the Vaca Muerta
basin, which is one of the largest nonconventional reservoirs in the world.
The confirmed reserves are 927 million
barrels of oil and gas (741 million high quality
oil) and were discovered in the Vaca Muerta
basin, in a 428km2 area of the Loma La Lata
Norte formation in the Neuquen province of
Argentina.
A total of 15 vertical wells were drilled, and
produced an initial 5,000 boepd of high
quality shale oil.
The oil discovery is Repsol’s largest to date,
increasing the company’s oil resources by
approximately 50%.
It is understood that additional reserves
could be found, as much of the area where
Repsol is working remains unexplored.
YPF to invest US$200 million for
liquefied natural gas terminal in
Argentina
YPF plans to invest US$200 million to build a liquefied
natural gas terminal and regasification plant in the
Argentine port city of Bahia Blanca.
The plant, scheduled to come online in March 2013,
will feed between 14-20 million cubic meters (490-705
million cubic feet) per day of re-gasified imported LNG into
the national gas pipeline network via a connection with
The shuttle tankers are being built for various shipowners, and will operate in Brazilian waters. The
Pusnes bow loading system enables a safe and secure
connection for the hose to the shuttle tanker. This
connection can quickly and safely be disconnected if
necessary, without creating surge loads in the hose.
Delivery of the equipment will take place within 2012
and 2013. The contract party is Aker Solutions’ whollyowned subsidiary Aker Pusnes AS.
GE secures US$230 million drilling
and production equipment contract
from OGX, offshore Brazil
GE O&G has been awarded a major contract from OGX
Petróleo e Gás Ltda. to supply drilling and production
equipment for three offshore fixed production platforms
to be deployed in the Waimea and Waikiki oil and gas
fields of the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil, where OGX
plans to drill a significant number of production wells
over the next four years.
With a total potential estimated value of US$230
million over the next four years, of which US$32
million on formal orders has been already signed and
booked as of today, this is the largest contract ever
signed between GE Oil & Gas and OGX and the first
one involving the supply of equipment specifically for
development projects already in the production phase.
As a key part of the agreement, GE will provide a
subsea template/tieback design that will allow OGX
to have full flexibility between wells pre-drilled with
semi-submersible rigs and wells drilled directly from
the fixed platforms. This capability will help OGX to
boost initial production of the Waimea and Waikiki
fields by maximizing the use of the pre-drilled wells.
GE’s template design has been field-proven in similar
projects in West Africa.
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SOUTH AMERICA PROJECTS
Lankhorst Mouldings to supply VIV
Suppression Strakes to Saipem
do Brasil for Petrobras P-55 Risers
project
Lankhorst Mouldings Offshore Division has been
awarded a contract by Saipem do Brasil for the supply
of TriVIV Vortex Induced Vibration (VIV) suppression
strakes for the Petrobras P-55 Risers project.
The contract encompasses the production and
delivery of VIV strakes for four types of steel catenary
risers: production, water injection, oil export and
gas export that will connect the flowlines with the
semisubmersible platform P-55.
Installation is planned to take place during the
second half of 2012 in the Roncador field, Campos
Basin, about 120 kilometres off the coast of the Rio
de Janeiro State in Brazil.
Technip awarded contract from
PDVSA for accelerated production
system on Mariscal Sucre field in
Venezuela
Technip has been awarded a major procurement,
installation and operation support contract by
Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) covering subsea,
onshore and offshore facilities, for an accelerated
production system on the Mariscal Sucre Dragon
development, offshore Venezuela.
The project scope covers: supply and installation
of subsea flowlines, supply and installation of gas
processing equipment onshore and operational
support for the subsea, offshore and onshore
facilities.
Petroperú secures agreement with
Pluspetrol to buy LPG to distribute
in Lima
Petroperú has signed an agreement with Pluspetrol
to buy LPG to distribute the fuel in Lima and the rest
of the country. The move aims to lower the price of
LPG and the to double Petroperú’s current 13% LPG
market share.
Dresser-Rand lands US$700 million
compression equipment and
services contract from TUPI B.V.
and GUARA B.V.
Dresser-Rand has been awarded compression
equipment and services valued at more than US$700
million by TUPI B.V. and GUARA B.V.
The equipment, which includes up to 80 DATUM
compressor trains, will be installed on eight “replicant”
floating, production, storage and offloading vessels.
Six of these vessels will be located in the Lula field
(formerly known as Tupi) and two in the Guara field.
Training, aftermarket services and two 10-year
maintenance contracts are also included as part of the
award.
ABB wins power supply infrastructure,
systems and equipment marine order
from Petrobras
ABB won an order to provide power supply
infrastructure, systems and equipment for two new
floating, production, storage and offloading units
operated by Petrobras. The units will process crude oil
and natural gas extracted from beneath the sea floor,
off the southern coast of Brazil.
ABB’s comprehensive delivery for each unit will ensure
a safe and reliable electrical supply onboard. The two
new Petrobras FPSO units P-58 and P-62 will operate in
the oil-rich Campos basin, offshore from Rio de Janeiro.
They are scheduled to start operation in mid-2012 with
a collective capacity of 360,000 barrels of oil and 12
million cubic square meters of gas per day.
The scope of supply for each unit includes a
containerized E-House which includes a 600 ton
electrical room to house the complete 100 MW power
system, as well as related power generation and
energy distribution equipment, and engineering and
installation services. ABB’s delivery also includes
energy management systems and power supply
protection equipment.
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