QatarEnergy LNG - NEFD: Sulphur Storage and Export Facilities

General Information
Owner QatarEnergy LNG
Masterplan Project (Parent Profile) QatarEnergy LNG – North Field East Development: Onshore – Al Khawr
Location Ras Laffan, Al Khor Municipality, Qatar
Status --
Sector Gas, Storage, Gas Tank
Contract Type Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC)
Onshore/Offshore Onshore
Greenfield/Brownfield Greenfield
Progress 43
Estimated Budget Value ---
Contract Value 600
Net Value $600m
Award Date April 2022
Completion Date October 2026
Last Updated On January 2024
ProjectId (Old, New) 329689, 329689


Qatargas is planning the construction of Sulphur Storage and Export facilities at Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC), Qatar.

The current profile includes Package 4.

The US$650 million project includes the following:

1. Construction of a sulphur storage tank with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes

2. Laying of connecting pipelines

3. Installation of a control system and valves

4. Mechanical and instrumentation works

5. Construction of associated facilities

Second Section

11 January 2024

The construction works are still ongoing on the project and is expected to be completed by 2026.

17 October 2023

The construction works are still ongoing on the project.

14 September 2023

The construction works are ongoing on the project as per the schedule.

05 July 2023

IRIS Construction is working as civil sub-contractor and the construction works are ongoing on the project as per the schedule.

20 June 2023

Construction works are ongoing on the project and expected to completed by 2028.

18 May 2023

The construction works have been commenced on the project.

08 January 2023

Engineering works are ongoing and the construction works are expected to commenced soon.

02 September 2022

Detailed Engineering works are ongoing on the project.

07 July 2022

QatarEnergy has signed a joint venture agreement with TotalEnergies(6.25%), Shell(6.25%), Eni(3.125%), ExxonMobil(6.25%), and ConocoPhillips(3.125%) for the North Field East Development project, in which QatarEnergy holds a 75 percent stake, and the project is estimated to complete in 2025. (Source: MEED)

13 June 2022

Consolidated Contractors Company is appointed as the pipeline installation subcontractor.

02 May 2022

A JV of Tecnicas Reunidas & Wison Engineering has been appointed the main contractor for the project.

14 April 2022

The main contract bids are under evaluation and the time frame for the award is yet unknown from the client.

30 March 2022

The main contract bids are under evaluation.

28 February 2022

The following companies have submitted the commercial bids for the project: Tecnicas Reunidas, Saipem & Hyundai E&C.

24 February 2022

The commercial bids are expected to be submitted by February 28, 2022.

25 January 2022

The commercial bids are expected to be submitted by the end of February 2022.

08 December 2021

The following companies have submitted the technical bids for the project: Saipem, Tecnicas Reunidas, and Hyundai E&C. The commercial bids are expected to be submitted by early 2022.

20 October 2021

The main contract bids have not been submitted yet.

26 September 2021

Amongst others, Hyundai E&C has been invited for the tender and is likely to submit bids. We are in the process of obtaining the other pre-qualifed companies at this moment.

09 September 2021

The main contract tender was issued and the bid submission deadline is unknown at this juncture.

21 June 2021

There is no news regarding the main contract tender issue yet.

22 February 2021

PQ shortlist is yet to be finalized.

21 October 2020

Solicitation of Interest (SOI) has been issued in the first week of August 2020 and Samsung Engineering amongst the few other EPC's have submitted the SOI documents.

02 August 2020

Chiyoda Corporation is working as the FEED contractor. The client is going for reFEED as the capacity is increasing from 3,000 to 10,000 tonnes.