QatarEnergy lets FEED contract for NFS offshore pipelines project

QatarEnergy let a contract to McDermott International for North Field South (NFS) offshore pipelines and power/FO cables project. The Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract is in addition to awards received by McDermott this year for the NFS jackets and topsides and pipelines for North Field expansion. 

The infrastructure is part of the expansion project development and is designed to supply feed gas for two additional LNG trains and help increase total LNG production in the State of Qatar to 126 million tonnes/year (tpy) from the current 77 million tpy.

The scope of the contract comprises developing FEED studies for offshore and onshore pipelines, cables, and associated infrastructure. The project will be managed from the McDermott Doha office with support from Chennai. A contract value was not disclosed.