Dolphin
Energy shortlists bidders for three major offshore EPC contracts
Posted: 24 March 2003
Companies from Singapore, South Korea, Italy, France, Switzerland
and UAE approved to bid for Platforms, Sealine and Export Pipeline
Abu Dhabi, UAE — Dolphin Energy Limited
(DEL) today published a short-list of qualified bidders for the
three Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) packages
which make up the offshore element of the Dolphin Project.
The Dolphin Project is a unique strategic regional energy initiative.
It involves development of natural gas reserves from Qatar’s
offshore North Field, their processing onshore at Qatar’s
Ras Laffan — and transportation by export pipeline of up to
3.2 billion cubic feet a day (bcf/d) of refined product to the UAE,
beginning in 2006.
The three Offshore EPC packages cover, respectively, construction
and installation of the offshore platforms in the North Field; laying
two sea lines from the production complexes to Ras Laffan and laying
the export pipeline from Ras Laffan to the UAE receiving facilities.
Offshore EPC for Production Platforms
The four bidders approved for the Offshore Platforms EPC are:
- National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) — (UAE)
- J. Ray McDermott Middle East Inc. — (UAE)
- SMOE Pte Ltd. (Sambewang) — (Singapore)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Limited — (South Korea)
This contract specifically covers the construction and installation
of 2 offshore complexes.
Offshore EPC for Sealines
The five bidders approved for the Sealine EPC are:
- National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) — (UAE)
- J.Ray McDermott Middle East Inc. — (UAE)
- Saipem S.p.A — (Italy)
- Stolt Offshore S.A — (France)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.Limited — (South Korea)
This contract specifies the laying of two subsea 34/36 inch-diameter
concrete-coated pipelines of approximately 78 kms in length, which
will transport multi phase products from North Field wellheads to
the Dolphin Energy Processing Plant at Ras Laffan.
Offshore EPC for the Export Pipeline
Six bidders have been approved for the Export Pipeline EPC
- National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) — (UAE)
- J.Ray McDermott Middle East Inc. — (UAE)
- Saipem S.p.A — (Italy)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Limited — (South Korea)
- Stolt Offshore S.A — (France)
- Allseas Marine Contractors S.A — (Switzerland)
This contract will cover the laying of the subsea 48-inch diameter
concrete-coated Export Pipeline between the Gas Processing Plant
at Ras Laffan and the Receiving Facilities Terminal in the UAE.
A Dolphin Energy spokesman stated that the bid documents for the
Sealines and Export Pipeline were issued in March. The bid documents
for the Platform will be issued shortly. The company expects to
award the contracts during the summer of 2003.
Dolphin Energy’s activities in Qatar are set out in two major
agreements with the government-owned Qatar Petroleum. The two agreements,
the Development and Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA) and the
Export Pipeline Agreement (EPA), were endorsed by Emiri Decrees
No. 12 and No. 13 issued in May 2002 after being signed in December
2001.
The Dolphin Project is the first cross-border gas pipeline project
in the Middle East and the agreements lay the foundation for stronger
economic cooperation between Qatar and the UAE, marking the beginning
of a new era of regional cooperation.
Dolphin Energy Limited
Dolphin Energy Limited (DEL) was created to develop substantial
energy projects throughout the GCC. Its objective is to create economic
wealth and new business opportunities for citizens far into the
future.
DEL’s major strategic initiative, the Dolphin Project, involves
the production and processing of natural gas from Qatar’s
North Field, and transportation of the dry gas by pipeline to the
UAE, beginning in 2006. Dolphin Energy’s first energy initiative
comes on stream in 4th Quarter 2003, when DEL’s natural gas
pipeline from Al Ain to Fujairah is inaugurated. This pipeline will
supply the Union Water and Electricity Company in Fujairah –
initially with natural gas from Oman, and subsequently with Dolphin
gas from Qatar.
For more information see www.dolphinenergy.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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