Projects Database Top Updates – Week 13/18

In the UAE, state-owned ADNOC awarded two contracts worth $3.5 Billion to South Korean company Samsung Engineering to work at its Ruwais Refinery. The scope of work of the first contract covers a crude flexibility project at the plant to allow it to process 420,000 Bpd of crude from the Upper Zakum Field and should be completed in 2022. The second contract instead regards a project to recover 264 MW and 62,400 cubic metres of water every day at the refinery and should be operational in 2023.

UK-based contractor Petrofac was awarded a $265 EPCM contract by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) for the third phase of its Polymer project at the Marmul Field. The first two phases of the project have helped maintain production at the field around 70,000 Bpd by injecting a mixture of chemicals and water in wells using the proven Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technique. The third phase will further increase the scale of the project installing more than 500 wells. Petrofac will work on the project through its office in Muscat, Oman, which will be expanded to support the work.

In other news in the Middle East, international player TechnipFMC was awarded an EPCI contract by independent operator Energean E&P Holdings for the full development of its Karish Field, offshore Israel. The scope of work includes the complete subsea system, a FPSO unit designed to allow the subsequent tie-back of the Tanin field, the pipeline system, and the onshore pipeline and valve station at the receiving station. The field, which contains 3.4 trillion cubic feet of gas, was acquired by Energean from Delek Group in 2016 for $148 Million and should be operational by 2020.

In Kuwait, NOC Kuwait Petroleum (KPC) awarded a pre-feasibility study, with the option of proceeding to a detailed feasibility study, to U.S. contractor Jacobs. The contractor will evaluate how domestic refining capacity can be best expanded, in a cost-effective way, while providing advantaged feedstocks for integrated petrochemical production. The studies will cover evaluation and optimization of alternative process configurations using an integrated Linear Program model, various technical studies, licensor evaluation, cost estimation, financial modelling and risk assessment and management, with a focus on increasing refining capacity and optimum petrochemical integration.

In Africa, international major BP moved forward on its Tortue Field project offshore Mauretania and Senegal by starting tendering phase for a contract whose scope includes a living quarters and utility platform to support LNG operations. The British firm also is also rumoured to have identified a consortium of TechnipFMC and Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry as the preferred bidder for the contract covering the FPSO unit needed in the project. The FPSO, located 100 kilometres to the east of the field, is expected to handle more than 500 Mcfd of gas and about 20,000 Bpd of liquids and will pipe gas to the 2.3 MTPA FLNG vessel also moored nearby. Other contractors participating in the tendering are a consortium of Hyundai Heavy industries and KBR, a joint venture of Samsung Heavy Industries and Wood Group, a pairing of Modec and Jurong Shipyard, a duo of SBM and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) and Dalian on its own.

In Egypt, Fluor was awarded a FEED contract by state-owned Enppi for its Abu Tartour Phosphoric Acid Plant. The scope of work covers all process facilities including a sulfuric acid plant, utilities with a cogeneration system, storage and other required units. The plant, located in the New Valley province, will have a capacity of 500,000 tons per year once it is completed in 2020.

In the USA, EQUATE Petrochemical subsidiary MEGlobal awarded an EPC contract to Fluor for work on its Freeport monoethylene (MEG) glycol Plant. The contractor will work on the installation of equipment, steel and piping for the MEG process unit. Operations at 700,000 TPA facility are expected to start in 2019.

TechnipFMC was awarded an EPCI contract by LLOG Exploration for its Who Dat Field, located in the Mississippi Canyon in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract includes the delivery and installation of a Multiphase Pumping System, including a manifold, umbilical termination assembly, power umbilical, jumper and topside control equipment.

In the Latin American oil and gas industry, Italian major Eni opened the tendering phase for two contracts in its Amoca Field Development. The first covers an FPSO that is to form the centrepiece of what could be the first offshore oil and gas development by a private operator following Mexico’s energy reforms. Eni is seeking the conversion of a mid-size FPSO that would process both heavier and lighter crudes and be moored in only about 25 metres of water. The second contract is for the transport and installation of a wellhead platform that would eventually tie in to the FPSO. For the platform, the operator is considering a re-purposed solution and is said to be in the process of reworking an existing deck, potentially at a U.S. Gulf coast shipyard, while the jacket may be in progress at a Mexican yard. Competitors for the FPSO contract include SBM Offshore, Modec and Bumi Armada, while those bidding for the other package are Saipem, McDermott and Sapura Energy. The field, which should start production in 2019, should reach a production of 90,000 Bpd by 2022.

In Brazil, Norwegian NOC Statoil is planning to open tendering for a FEED contract for the Pao de Acucardevelopment in the Campos basin it took over from previous operator Repsol Sinopec. The state-owned company is currently considering whether to hold a classic bidding phase or have a competitive FEED structure. The field is expected to hold 700 million barrels of light crude and 3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

In the APAC region, TechnipFMC was awarded and EPCI contract by Shell subsidiary Sabah Shell Petroleumfor the second phase of its Gumusut Kakap Field in Malaysia. The scope of work covers subsea equipment including umbilicals, flowlines and the subsea production system. The field is the first Malaysian development located in waters up to 1,200 metres deep and production from the field is transported to the Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal onshore at Kimanis, Malaysia, via a 200-kilometre-long pipeline.

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