McDermott Completes Two North Field Expansion Jackets

Qatar Petroleum November 27 announced the completed fabrication of the first two jackets required for offshore facilities as part of its North Field Expansion (NFE) project.

A ceremony was held to mark the occasion in Batam, Indonesia, in the presence of Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani, CEO of Qatargas, and officials from Qatar Petroleum, Qatargas and McDermott.

The NFE project’s engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract for the jackets was awarded to McDermott in April 2019. McDermott was also awarded the front end engineering and design contract for the associated topsides and pipelines in May 2019.

Earlier this week, QP said it will raise Qatar’s LNG production capacity to 126mn metric tons/yr by 2027, representing an increase of 64% from the current 77mn mt/yr, as it announced two new mega-trains each of 8mn mt/yr output capacity.