Nakilat-Keppel Offshore and Marine (N-KOM) has successfully completed a major fabrication project as part of its contract for Qatar Petroleum’s (QP) Bul Hanine redevelopment (Phase B).
The facility commemorated the achievement of 1mn man-hours without any lost time injury (LTI) during the project completion ceremony held recently, attended by QP and McDermott, which awarded the project.
One of the most complex offshore projects undertaken at N-KOM to date, the scope involved the fabrication of several large-scale offshore structures such as a topside, offshore jacket, piles, deck extensions, subsea piping spools and subsea valve skids, a Nakilat spokesman said.
All were constructed on-site at Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in the Ras Laffan Industrial City. The 877-tonne topside fabricated by N-KOM is the first and largest to be constructed in Qatar.
The timely completion of this major project is an excellent demonstration of the project management team’s capabilities in handling complex, large-scale projects to meet the demands of the local oil and gas industry, Nakilat chief executive Abdullah Fadhalah al-Sulaiti said.
“Looking ahead, Nakilat looks forward to handle more of such large-scale projects that are made with pride in Qatar, for Qatar, and we are confident of continuing to provide our customers with safe, reliable and efficient services, as espoused with our vision and that of the Qatar National Vision 2030,” he added.
Linh Austin, McDermott senior vice president, Middle East and North Africa, said the major project completion with N-KOM and QP is demonstrative of McDermott’s ongoing support for the localisation and growth of Qatar’s oil and gas industry.
N-KOM is well equipped to undertake a variety of offshore fabrication projects, with an extensive fabrication area of 190,000sqm and more than 300 qualified and skilled in-house professionals.