Air Products wins Qatari NFS project contract

Air Products has been chosen to provide its process technology and equipment to QatarEnergy for the North Field South (NFS) project in Qatar, it said on June 12. This includes supplying two new LNG process trains with a production capacity of 8mn metric tons/year each, adding to the four trains being fabricated for the North Field East (NFE) LNG project.

The NFS project, along with the NFE project, will significantly increase Qatar's LNG production capacity from 77mn mt/year to 126mn mt/yr. UK-based Shell, France’s TotalEnergies, Italy’s Eni, and US firms ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Sinopec are partners in the $28.75bn NFE project. 

Under the agreement, Air Products will provide its AP-X natural gas liquefaction process technology and associated equipment, including main cryogenic heat exchangers, subcooling heat exchangers, Rotoflow turbomachinery companders, and nitrogen economiser cold boxes. Air Products last year won the contract to supply four end flash coil-wound heat exchangers for the NFE project.

QatarEnergy holds a 75% interest in the NFS project and has partnered with TotalEnergies, Shell, and ConocoPhillips, who collectively hold the remaining 25% interest.

Recently, QatarEnergy awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction contract (EPC) for the NFS project. The EPC contract, valued at $10bn, has been awarded to a joint venture between Technip Energies and Consolidated Contractors Company.