Saudi Aramco has let contracts to Saipem for offshore work expanding Berri and Marjan oil fields.
The contracts, totaling $1.3 billion, cover design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and implementation of subsea systems and the laying of pipelines, subsea cables and umbilicals, platform decks, and jackets.
Aramco is expanding production capacity of Marjan field, now 500,000 b/d, by 300,000 b/d (OGJ Online, June 2, 2017).
It’s doubling capacity of Berri field, part of which is onshore, to 500,000 b/d (OGJ Online, Sept. 18, 2018).
