Four offshore platform topside modules, collectively weighing 9,500 tonnes, for the Barzan Gas Project are expected to be installed this month, RasGas said yesterday.
The topsides, which include three wellhead platforms and an additional living quarters’ module, made their 20-day journey from Ulsan, South Korea to the North Field on a single barge measuring some 43m in width and more than 180m in length.
The additional living quarters will provide sleeping and living accommodation for some 32 people working in the North Field offshore platforms.
The safe completion of the topsides and their successful delivery to Qatar mark the culmination of 32 months of close co-operation in engineering and fabrication work between the RasGas and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) project teams, which started in Malaysia and was completed in South Korea.
RasGas was appointed by shareholders, QP and ExxonMobil, to manage the Barzan Gas Project. When the two trains are in operation, they are expected to supply approximately 1.4bn standard cubic feet of gas per day.
As Qatar anticipates an increased demand for energy to fuel infrastructure projects over the next decade, the Barzan project has monumental significance for the country’s sustainable growth. Intended to fuel the country’s planned megaprojects, the Barzan gas-processing trains will make RasGas one of the largest single gas processors in the world.