QatarEnergy awards EPC contract for the North Field West 16 Mtpa LNG project
QatarEnergy has awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to a joint venture of Technip Energies, Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), and Gulf Asia Contractor (GAC) for the onshore LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant of the North Field West (NFW) project.The scope of the onshore EPC contract includes two LNG mega-trains with a combined production capacity of 16mn tonnes per annum (Mtpa), as well as associated facilities for gas treatment, natural gas liquids recovery, and helium extraction.In addition to LNG production, the project is expected to produce about 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of condensate, ethane, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the NFW project, a key component of the world’s largest LNG expansion, and the last in a series of expansion projects that will raise Qatar’s production to 14 Mtpa.The award was marked by a signing ceremony held at QatarEnergy’s headquarters in Doha and attended by senior executives from QatarEnergy, QatarEnergy LNG, and the EPC contractor’s member companies.The agreement was signed by His Excellency Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, also the President and CEO of QatarEnergy; Arnaud Pieton, CEO Technip Energies; Samer Khoury, Chairman of CCC, and Dr Ravi Pillai, chairman and managing director of GAC."This contract represents an important addition to the world’s largest LNG expansion project and reinforces Qatar’s commitment to meeting the growing global LNG demand,” HE al-Kaabi said.The North Field West project follows in the footsteps of the North Field East (32 Mtpa) and South (16 Mtpa) projects, placing strong emphasis on environmental performance.Key features include a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) capacity of 1.1 Mtpa, which takes it closer towards achieving its target of capturing and sequestering more than 11 Mtpa of carbon dioxide by 2035.In addition to the CCS facilities, the jetty boil-off gas recovery facilities for NFW will recover an equivalent of 0.42 Mtpa of carbon dioxide, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.A significant portion of the project’s electrical requirements will be sourced from Qatar’s solar plants.The first LNG cargo from the NFW project is expected to be produced by the end of 2031.