QatarEnergy LNG - North Field South Development : Two Mega LNG Trains

General Information
Owner QatarEnergy LNG
Masterplan Project (Parent Profile) QatarEnergy LNG – North Field LNG Expansion: North Field South – Al Khawr
Location Ras Laffan, Al Khor Municipality, Qatar
Status --
Sector Gas, Downstream, Gas Processing Plant
Contract Type Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC)
Onshore/Offshore Onshore
Greenfield/Brownfield Greenfield
Progress 24
Estimated Budget Value ---
Contract Value 10000
Net Value $10000m
Award Date May 2023
Completion Date December 2026
Last Updated On February 2024
ProjectId (Old, New) 368098, 368098


Qatargas is planning the construction of two LNG trains with a capacity of 7.8 MTPA each in Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC), Qatar.

The US$12000 million includes the following:

1. Construction of two mega LNG trains

2. Construction of utilities & offsite facilities

3. Construction of Helium recovery unit

4. Construction of non-technical buildings

a. Construction of warehouses

b. Construction of workshops

5. Construction of administration building

6. Construction of associated facilities

Second Section

05 February 2024

The construction works have not yet been commenced and are expected to be commenced after three months on the project.

24 July 2023

IRIS Construction had appointed as 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. (Source: MEED)

14 May 2023

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

Qatar Energy has appointed Baker Hughes to supply two main refrigerant compressors (MRCs) for the project. (Source: MEED)

24 March 2023

The bidder companies have submitted the revised commercial bids on the project on March 17, 2023. (Source: MEED)

16 March 2023

Chiyoda Corp is no more participating in this project. Consolidated Contractors company has submitted the bids. The main contract is yet to be awarded.

10 March 2023

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)

15 February 2023

The commercial bids are submitted.

07 February 2023

The commercial bid submission date has been extended till February 15, 2023.

01 February 2023

The commercial bid submission date has been extended till February 07, 2023. (Source: MEED)

02 January 2023

The commercial bid submission date has been extended till January 26, 2023.

24 November 2022

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)

01 November 2022

QatarEnergy has signed a joint venture agreement with ConocoPhillips (6.25 per cent) for the North Field South Development project, in which QatarEnergy holds a 75 percent stake.

26 October 2022

The technical bids are submitted for the development of the project. (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)

19 October 2022

Hyundai E&C and Chiyoda Corporation amongst others have submitted the part I technical bids on the project.

11 October 2022

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 to partners might be Shell and Exxon. However the timeframe for signing the agreement is not yet decided.

25 September 2022

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.

16 August 2022

The technical bid submission date has been extended till September 15, 2022.

28 July 2022

The technical bid submission is on August 15, 2022. The project completion is expected in 2028. (Source: MEED)

21 June 2022

The technical bids are expected to be submitted by mid of August 2022.

13 April 2022

The main contract tender has been issued with the technical bid submission in June 2022. The following companies have been pre-qualified for the project and are likely to submit bids. 1. CTJV & Saipem, 2. CTCI, Hyundai E&C JV