QatarEnergy LNG lets EPCI contract for NFS Offshore Pipelines and Cables Project

QatarEnergy LNG has let an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract to McDermott for the North Field South (NFS) Offshore Pipelines and Cables Project.

The contract is in addition to the earlier awards received by McDermott for the NFS Pipelines FEED, the NFS Jackets EPCI, and the NFXP Topsides and Pipelines which included the NFS Topsides, the service provider said in a release Oct. 3.

The NFS infrastructure is designed to supply feed gas for two additional LNG trains and is part of the North Field Expansion Project (NFXP), which aims to increase the total LNG production in the State of Qatar to 142 million tonnes/year (tpy) from the current 77 million tpy.

The scope of the contract comprises EPCI of almost 250 km of offshore and onshore gas pipelines connecting five new offshore wellhead platforms with two new onshore LNG trains in addition to subsea composite power and control cables.

The project will be managed from the McDermott Doha office with in-country fabrication support from the QFAB fabrication yard and will be installed with McDermott's in-house marine assets.