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QatarEnergy has awarded the main contract for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works on its North Field West liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

The North Field West project is the next phase of QatarEnergy’s North Field LNG expansion programme. The scheme will further increase Qatar’s overall LNG production capacity to 142 million tonnes a year (t/y) upon commissioning, which is scheduled for 2030.

QatarEnergy has awarded the EPC contract, estimated to be valued at $8bn, to a joint venture of France’s Technip Energies, Greece/Lebanon-based Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) and Gulf Asia Contracting (GAC).

The scope of work on the North Field West project covers the EPC of two LNG mega-trains with a combined production capacity of 16 million t/y, as well as associated facilities for gas treatment, natural gas liquids recovery and helium extraction.

In addition to LNG production, the North Field West project is expected to produce about 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of condensate, ethane and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

QatarEnergy announced the North Field West project, which is the third phase of its estimated $40bn-plus North Field LNG expansion programme, in February 2024.

The award of the main EPC contract for the North Field West LNG trains comes a month after QatarEnergy awarded the front-end engineering design (feed) works on the project to Japan-based Chiyoda Corporation.

In January, MEED also reported that QatarEnergy had awarded a contract for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of four offshore jackets and associated units at the North Field gas reserve in Qatari waters, as part of the wider North Field West project.

US-headquartered McDermott International won the contract for the offshore jackets package, which is estimated to be valued at around $200m, according to sources. The new jackets to be installed will boost gas production from the North Field reservoirs, providing additional gas feedstock for the North Field West LNG project.

North Field LNG expansion projects

QatarEnergy is understood to have committed nearly $30bn to the first two phases of its North Field expansion programme – North Field East and North Field South – which will raise its LNG production capacity from 77.5 million t/y to 126 million t/y by 2028. EPC works on both projects are progressing.

QatarEnergy awarded the main EPC contracts for the North Field East project in 2021. The project aimed to boost LNG output to 110 million t/y by 2025. The $13bn EPC package – covering the EPCI of four LNG trains, each with a capacity of 8 million t/y – was awarded in February 2021 to a consortium of Chiyoda and France’s Technip Energies.

In May 2023, QatarEnergy awarded the $10bn main EPC contract for the North Field South project to a consortium of Technip Energies and Consolidated Contractors Company.

The contract includes two large LNG trains, each with a capacity of 7.8 million t/y.

Once fully operational, the first two phases of the North Field expansion will add 48 million t/y of supply to the global LNG market.

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