Saipem wins $145m contracts from BP for Azerbaijan field

Saipem, along with its consortium partners Boshelf and STAR GULF FZCO, has won three new contracts valued at $145m from BP towards the development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) oil and gas (ACG) field.

The field is located in the Caspian Sea and is approximately 120km off the coast of Azerbaijan. It stretches across an area of more than 4,000km2. Saipem has been a key contractor in ACG field since the 1990s.

ACG is a complex comprising six production platforms namely Chirag 1, Central Azeri, West Azeri, East Azeri, Deepwater Gunashli, West Chirag. It also consists of two process, gas compression, water injection and utilities (PCWU) platforms, equipped with advanced technologies.

Among the three contracts, BP has awarded two contracts for pipeline design, pipelay and associated activities. The other one is for transportation and installation of four jacket pin piles, subsea structure as well as spools.

Saipem said in a statement: “Saipem has obtained one of these contracts as a result of the FEED phase awarded by BP to Saipem’s XSIGHT Division, in consortium with local partners Bos Shelf and Star Gulf, which were engaged from an early stage and on a fast track basis.”

“This excellent result has been achieved thanks above all to collaboration between Saipem’s XSIGHT and Offshore E&C Divisions, a synergy that will be maintained to ensure continuity and efficiency to the execution of the EPCI project.”

Source: https://www.saipem.com/

Petrofac Awarded Three Engineering Contracts In Middle East and North Africa.

Petrofac is delighted to have secured three engineering contracts to support clients of Oil and Gas in core markets of the Middle East and North Africa. This award demonstrates Petrofac’s strength of engineering capability and track record in North Africa.All three contracts will be executed by Petrofac’s Engineering & Consultancy Services (ECS) business in Woking, UK.

In Oman, Petrofac will support Flare to Value LLC (F2V) by generating a basic engineering package to offset gas that is currently exploding at three onshore locations. Petrofac’s focus will be on the fast-track execution of constructible, operable and standardized solutions that maximize modularisation and minimize intermission to ongoing operations.
Petrofac will provide FEED and conceptualization studies to clients in Oman and Libya following the security of a clutch of new contracts.

In another deal, Petrofac has been rewarded a contract by Waha Oil Company (WOC) to produce a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for its Gialo III field, onshore Libya. The work will be completed over a schedule of 41 months and will support WOC’s planned program of development over the coming next years.

Petrofac has also been win a four-month conceptual and pre-FEED study for the rehabilitation of the Dahra Oil Field in Concession 32, onshore Libya. The scope covers upstream facilities including well sites, flowlines, process plant and export pipelines. The ultimate client is Waha and Petrofac has formed a Project Joint Venture with Taknia to execute the task.

Source: http://www.petrofac.com/