The economic world seems to be at a standstill, suspended in the limbo of the pandemic, but fortunately appearance can be deceiving, and in reality a lot is moving, especially as regards medium and long-term projects. Hence, the Italian Saipem has been awarded a new contract by Qatargas worth over 1 billion dollars for the North Field Production Sustainability Pipelines Project, located off the north-eastern coast of the Qatar peninsula.
The new contract (“EPCL” package) provides for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of offshore export pipelines and related ground connection works and is part of the development of the North Field production plateau. , which also includes the EPCI of offshore plants (“EPCO” package) previously assigned to Saipem in February. The work of the EPCL package includes three export pipelines linking their respective offshore platforms to the Qatargas North and South plants in the industrial city of Ras Laffan for a total length of nearly 300 km, as well as related grounding and brownfield activities on structures. existing onshore and offshore. Pipeline laying operations will be carried out by the ships DE HE and Saipem Endeavor.
Saipem will strengthen the execution of the overall project, which includes both the EPCO and EPCL packages, by combining the related work programs and project management and immediately starting the activities. The completion of the project is expected by mid-2024.
Stefano Porcari, Chief Operating Officer of Saipem’s E&C Offshore Division, comments: “This new contract awarded to us by a key customer such as Qatargas strengthens a consolidated relationship and represents further proof of confidence in Saipem’s ability to carry out complex projects as well as confirmation of success of our positioning strategy in Qatar. We are very proud to increase our contribution in such a strategic project for the country ”.
Saipem is a leading company in engineering, drilling and construction of large projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. It is present in more than 60 countries around the world and employs 32,000 employees of 130 different nationalities.