QatarEnergy LNG - North Field LNG Expansion: North Field South Development
Qatargas is undertaking the development of phase II of the North Field LNG expansion project by increasing the capacity from 110MTPA to 126MTPA in Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC), Qatar.
It is also known as North Field South (NFS) Project.
The US$15200 million project includes the following:
a. Two Mega LNG Trains
1. Construction of two mega LNG trains
2. Installation and erection of 27 tanks
3. Construction of utilities & offsite facilities
4. Construction of Helium recovery unit
6. Construction of non-technical buildings
a. Construction of warehouses
b. Construction of workshops
7. Construction of administration building
8. Construction of associated facilities
b. Offshore Pipelines And Subsea Power Cables
The project involves laying of 250 kms of onshore and offshore pipelines connecting five new offshore wellhead platforms with two new onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains.
1. Laying of offshore pipelines
2. Laying of subsea fibre optic power cables
3. Laying of onshore cables
4. Installation of pipeline looping
5. Installation of shore approaches
6. Associated facilities
c. Five Wellhead Platforms
1. Construction of five wellhead platforms
2. Construction of intra-field and main trunk lines to shore
3. Installation of jackets
4. Installation of control systems
5. Installation of associated facilities
d. Site Preparation Works Package
1. Earthworks and grading of permanent facilities plot
2. Installation of permanent perimeter fencing
3. Installation of construction gates and site approach roads
4. Grading of temporary facilities plot and Qatargasâ field operations centre (FOC) areas
5. Installation of fencing around temporary facilities plot
6. Installation of temporary gates and site approach roads
7. Development of FOC complex
8. Provision of utilities such as sanitary water network, electrical power, potable water supply and storage, telecommunications network, and fire alarm system to FOC complex
9. Installation of building for the NFS onshore project management team, with furniture, to house 100 people
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26 May 2025
LNG Off Plot Facilities: The construction works are still ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2026.
29 April 2025
Two Mega LNG Trains: BUTEC has been appointed as a sub-contractor for the installation and erection of 27 tanks and the construction works are ongoing on the project.
02 April 2025
400kV Cables System: Construction works are ongoing and the time frame for its completion is unknown at this juncture.
06 March 2025
Site Preparation Works Package: The construction works are still ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2028.
22 January 2025
Offshore Pipelines And Subsea Power Cables : The construction works are still ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2027. Five Wellhead Platform: The construction works are still ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2025
26 November 2024
Site Preparation Works Package: The construction works are ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2028.
19 November 2024
LNG Off-Plot Facilities: The construction works are ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2026.
06 October 2024
For the North Field South: Offshore Pipelines And Subsea Power Cables package: The main contract has been awarded to Mcdermott. (Source: MEED)
06 September 2024
Offshore Pipelines And Subsea Power Cables: The main contractor tender has been issued and the bids have been submitted, the following companies have submitted the bids are: Saipem, McDermott.
13 August 2024
North Field South: Five Wellhead Platforms: Construction work are ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by fourth quarter of 2025.
25 July 2024
North Field South: Offshore Pipelines And Subsea Power Cables: The FEED works have been completed and the main contract tender is yet to be issued for the project.
18 July 2024
North Field South Development: 400kV Cables Project: Energoprojekt is working as consultant and Trial pit works are completed on the project.
08 July 2024
Site Preparation Works Package: The construction works are ongoing on the project.
06 June 2024
North Field South: Five Wellhead Platforms: The construction works are ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by 2027. North Field South Development: LNG Off-Plot Facilities: The construction works are ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by 2026.
13 February 2024
North Field South: Site Preparation Works Package: The construction works are still ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2028.
05 February 2024
North Field South Development : Two Mega LNG Trains: The construction works have not yet been commenced and are expected to be commenced after three months on the project. North Field South: Five Wellhead Platforms: The construction works are still ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by 2027. North Field South Development: LNG Off Plot Facilities: The construction works have been commenced on the project.
14 December 2023
North Field South: Offshore: Pipelines: The FEED works are still ongoing and are expected to be completed by Q1 2024.
17 November 2023
North Field South: Five Wellhead Platforms: The construction works are progressing on the project.
07 November 2023
QatarEnergy & Sinopec had signed 27 years of a long-term sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for the delivery of 3MTPA of LNG from the NFS.
05 October 2023
North Field South Development : Two Mega LNG Trains: The construction works have been commenced on the project.
07 September 2023
North Field South: Offshore: Pipelines: The FEED works are still ongoing on the project.
27 August 2023
North Field South Development: LNG Off Plot Facilities: Tecnicas Reunidas has been appointed as the main contractor for the project.
05 July 2023
North Field South Development : Two Mega LNG Trains : IRIS Construction is working as the civil sub-contractor for the project.
15 June 2023
Qatargas has awarded Air Products as the technology provider & the entire project is expected to be completed by 2028.
14 May 2023
North Field South Development : Two Mega LNG Trains : QatarEnergy has selected the Technip Energies and Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains is to be officially awarded the contract next week. (Source: MEED)
05 April 2023
North Field South Development : Two Mega LNG Trains: Qatar Energy has appointed Baker Hughes to supply two main refrigerant compressors (MRCs) for the project.
14 March 2023
Two Mega LNG Trains: Qatar Energy has asked the contractors to submit revised commercial offers for this project. The project is expected to be commissioned in 2028. (Source: MEED)
10 March 2023
The FEED works are ongoing on North Field South: Offshore: Pipelines project and is expected to be completed Q2 2023.
15 February 2023
The commercial bids are submitted for Two Mega LNG Trains.
30 January 2023
The main contract tender bids are under evaluation and are expected to be awarded by the end of Q1 2023 on North Field South: Site Preparation Works Package.
09 January 2023
Two Mega LNG Trains: The commercial bid submission date has been extended till January 26, 2023.
01 December 2022
ConocoPhillips has signed two long-term Sale and Purchase agreements (SPAs) with QatarEngergy to deliver 2 million tonnes a year (t/y) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar to Germany. (Source: MEED)
24 November 2022
Two Mega LNG trains: The commercial bid submission date has been extended from November 15, 2022 to December 27, 2022. Chiyoda / Technip Energies and CTCI / Hyundai Engineering & Construction / Saipem are understood to be bidding on the project. (Source: MEED)
02 November 2022
QatarEnergy has signed a joint venture agreement with ConocoPhillips (6.25 percent) for the North Field South Development project, in which QatarEnergy holds a 75 percent stake. (Source: MEED)
24 October 2022
QatarEnergy has signed a joint venture agreement with Shell (9.375 per cent) for the North Field South Development project, in which QatarEnergy holds a 75 percent stake. (Source: MEED)
11 October 2022
Two Mega LNG Trains: The technical bid submission for Part 1 is on October 13, 2022 and for Part II is on October 20, 2022.
07 October 2022
QatarEnergy is preparing to sign project deals with three partners. Market sources indicate that the two partners might be Shell and Exxon. However the timeframe for signing the agreement is not yet decided.
25 September 2022
Two Mega LNG Trains: QatarEnergy has signed a joint venture agreement with TotalEnergies (9.375%) for the North Field South Development project, in which QatarEnergy holds a 75 percent stake.
31 July 2022
The technical bid submission is on August 15, 2022. The project completion is expected in 2028 for Two Mega LNG Trains. (Source: MEED)
09 May 2022
Detailed Engineering works are ongoing on the Five wellhead platforms package
13 April 2022
The main contract tender has been issued for the two LNG Trains package with the technical bid submission in June 2022, The following companies have been pre-qualified for the project: CTJV & Saipem, CTCI-Hyundai JV. The main contractor is expected to be awarded in November 2022.
04 January 2022
McDermott has been awarded a contract to undertake engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) works for the Five Wellhead Platforms project.
29 December 2021
The main contract tender has been issued and the bids are expected to be submitted by January 2022. Al Balagh Trading and Contracting is planning to bid for Site Preparation Works Package.
08 November 2021
The main contract tender is under evaluation for the Five-Wellhead Platforms project and is expected to be awarded by January 2022.
27 September 2021
The following companies have submitted the main contract bids for the Five Wellhead Platforms project: Hyundai Heavy Industries, McDermott, Saipem, Sapura, Subsea7, and Technip Energies. The main contract is expected to be awarded by the end of October 2021.
08 August 2021
The main contract tender has been issued with a bid submission deadline of September 15, 2021 on Five Wellhead Platforms. The following companies are preparing to submit the bids for the project: Hyundai Heavy Industries, McDermott, Saipem, Sapura, Subsea7, and Technip Energies.
24 June 2021
There is no news regarding the main contract tender issue yet for the Five Wellhead Platforms project.
04 May 2021
The FEED works have been completed on Five Wellhead Platforms.
07 January 2021
McDermott has been awarded a FEED contract for the five wellheads package.
05 June 2020
Engineering and construction works are expected to commence after the completion of the 4th LNG train project. Currently, the project is in the initial stage.