Saudi Aramco has begun construction of a gas plant in an industrial region of northern Saudi Arabia to handle production from Midyan gas-condensate field under development in the Red Sea.

The company let a contract for engineering, procurement, and construction to Larsen & Toubro Arabia, Dammam, for a plant able to produce and process 75 MMcfd of nonassociated gas and 4,500 b/d of condensate. The plant will be about 195 km west of Tabuk and 135 km north of Duba.

Two 98-km pipelines will deliver sales gas and stabilized hydrocarbon liquids to a power plant near Duba.  Earlier, Saudi Aramco has drilled seven delineation and development wells in shallow and deep water in a first phase. Bathymetric readings indicate that water in the area, south of the Gulf of Aqaba, is as deep as 1,200 m. A late 2012 discovery well in the Red Sea 26 km northwest of Duba flowed gas at the rate of 10 MMcfd at a depth of 17,700 ft, the Saudi press quoted Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi as saying.

Technip has been awarded by Oil Projects Company – SCOP(1) a significant contract(2) for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase of the Karbala refinery, Iraq. This award follows the front-end engineering design executed by Technip in 2010.

The scope of work will cover two phases:

phase 1: issue of enquiries for the EPC contract, bids clarification, evaluation and contracts finalisation with the EPC contractors,

phase 2: overall management of the EPC contract execution.

Technip’s operating center in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom will execute phase 1 of the project, which is scheduled to be completed in the second semester of 2013.

Riccardo Moizo, Technip’s Senior Vice President for PMC, stated: “We are delighted to have been awarded this project by SCOP and to participate in developing and enhancing Iraq’s refinery capabilities. This is a significant contract for Technip’s newly created PMC business unit and we believe it will open up opportunities in the near future.”

Petrofac Ltd., an international service provider to the oil and gas production and processing industry, said Tuesday Petrofac Emirates , its joint venture with Mubadala Petroleum, has been awarded a $500 million onshore engineering, procurement and construction contract by Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations for expansion of compression facilities at the Bab Field, 150 km south-west of Abu Dhabi city.

MAIN FACTS:

- Petrofac Emirates will undertake modifications to three of the existing compressor stations and install a new fourth facility.

-Scope of work also includes 27 well head facilities, associated gas pipelines, direct gathering manifold and modifications to remote manifold stations.

-Project will be completed in a phased manner in 30 months whereupon commissioning will start.

Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production (OOCEP) has awarded UAE-based National Petroleum Construction Co (NPCC) the contract for the installation of two offshore pipelines in Musandam governorate, Oman Daily Observer has reported. The $40m engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract involves the construction of a new multiphase offshore pipeline that will import well fluids from the Bukha field to Musandam Gas Plant for processing. It also includes installation of an offshore export pipeline to transport sales gas from Musandam to Saqr Port in Ras al Khaimah.