Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil award Feed Contracts for Qatargas
II
Posted: 9 July 2003
Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil Corporation announced the Qatargas
II LNG Expansion Project has agreed to award the main Front End
Engineering and Design (FEED) phase contracts to Chiyoda Corporation
for the onshore facilities and M. W. Kellogg for a receiving terminal.
The offshore FEED contract will be awarded later this year.
Qatargas II, a joint project between Qatar Petroleum (70 per cent)
and ExxonMobil (30 per cent), will include offshore development
of new blocks in Qatar's giant North Field, the world's largest
onshore liquefaction trains each producing about 7.8 million tons
annually (MTA) of LNG, a fleet of large LNG carriers, and re-gasification/terminal
facilities.
The LNG onshore facilities will be constructed at the existing
Qatargas LNG plant that has been operating since 1996 and where
currently three trains are producing over 8 MTA of LNG.
Gas deliveries from the Qatargas II trains, which are targeted
for sale in the UK and North Europe, will commence from the first
train in late 2007.
"Qatargas II is a key element in Qatar's long-term plan of
increasing North Field monetization and LNG exports to over 45 MTA
by
the year 2010," said His Excellency Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah,
Minister of Energy & Industry and Chair of Qatar Petroleum.
"ExxonMobil is pleased with the progress which has been made
by both parties on this world-class LNG venture. I would like to
extend my appreciation to the joint team for their dedication and
hard work exerted in reaching this milestone," said Mr. Harry
J. Longwell, Director and Executive Vice President of Exxon Mobil
Corporation.
Since signing of the Heads of Agreement in June 2002, the companies
have jointly completed feasibility studies and pre-FEED work for
all project elements. (BUSINESS WIRE)
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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