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GAS – International circuit television (CCTV) coverage available for safety and HENKELS & MCCOY INC. – (9/16) security purposes. Owner: Spectra Energy Africa Type: Project includes various anomaly digs AZERBAIJAN INTERNATIONAL OPERATING Location: Pennsylvania GALSI/SNAM RETE GAS – (REV 8/14) CO. – (11/14) Supt: Richard Imes Italy’s gas network Snam Rete Gas and the Galsi Azerbaijan International Operating Co. has told several media Start Date: 8/2016 consortium have started construction of a new 560-mile outlets that it has started construction of the 2,175-mile Azeri pipeline to transport Algerian gas to Italy. Of this, 373 miles Pipeline. Th e pipeline will have a capacity of 16 Bcm of gas per INTERTEK – (8/16) will involve a subsea pipeline section that runs from Algeria year from the Shah Deniz gas fi eld. Th e pipeline will supply Owner: Jemena to a point south of Sardinia in maximum water depths of gas to Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Italy. Th e Project: Northern Gas Pipeline around 2,800 meters. Th e Italian section across Sardinia pipeline is slated for completion in 2019. Type: Project includes providing expertise at the includes an undersea link to Tuscany, where the pipeline will point of fabrication, deploying a team of be connected to the Italian national transport network. Th e CHEVRON/PETROVIETNAM GAS/MITSUI quality inspectors to oversee manufacture initial transport capacity will be 8 Bcm per year. OIL EXPLORATION/PTT – (REV 6/16) of the pipework including quality of An international consortium made up of Chevron, welding, steel composition, compliance PETROFAC – (7/14) PetroVietnam Gas, Mitsui Oil Exploration, and PTT with Australian standards and adherence Petrofac has been awarded a contract for the gas gathering, Exploration and Production Public Co. Ltd. has started to engineering specifi cations treatment, and export facilities package of the Reggane construction on the 248.55-mile O Mon Gas Pipeline to Location: Tennant Creek - Mount Isa North Development project located in the Reggane transport natural gas from Block B and 52/95 located in Start: 7/16 Basin of the Algerian Sahara desert, 1,500 km southwest the Malay-Th ochu basin southwest of Viet Nam to fuel the of Algiers. Petrofac will be undertaking the engineering, 2,760 MW O Mon power complex. MICHELS CORP. – (9/16) procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up Th is will be one of the longest gas pipelines built to date Owner: Vermont Gas of the gas-treatment plant, gathering system, and export in Vietnam of which the off shore pipeline is some 152.86 Type: Project includes the construction of pipeline. Th e Reggane project will bring on stream 26 wells miles (246 km) long and the onshore pipeline, 94.45 miles 12-inch and 16-inch pipeline from four fi elds in the Reggane Basin (Reggane, Kahlouche, (152 km), running through Can Th o city and Hau Giang, Miles: 41 Kahlouche South, and Azrafi l South East), all part of Kien Giang, Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces. Location: Chittenden, Addison and Franklin permissions granted for blocks 351c and 352c. It will also Once the estimated US$7 billion project is completed, counties, VT involve construction of a 62-mile long, 24-inch gas export 18.3 MMcm/d will be transported to the power plants in Start Date: 2016 pipeline from Reggane to Dorsal. the O Mon and Ca Mau province electricity centers in Can Th o province with a total capacity of 3,000 MW, to the Gas NEW MEXICO GAS CO. – (9/16) – Power – Nitrogenous Fertilizer Industrial Park in Ca Mau Type: Project includes the extension of existing Asia Pacific province and to households that consume electricity in the pipeline and construction of associated ARROW ENERGY – (REV 5/15) western part of the southern region. facilities Location: Santa Teresa, NM Arrow Energy has started construction on the Arrow CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORP. – Start Date: 2016 Bowen Pipeline (ABP). Th e ABP is one of fi ve large (9/14) Completion: 2016 developments that make up Arrow’s planned coal seam gas China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) won its second (CSG) LNG export project. order from Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) to build a natural PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL CO. – (1/13) Th e 360.4-mile long buried pipeline will deliver CSG gas pipeline in India. CNPC will build 124 miles of the According to Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp., state-run from Arrow’s proposed Bowen Gas Project gas fi elds to a 188-mile pipeline from central India to the north of the Philippine National Oil Co. will take the reins of the pro- proposed LNG plant at Gladstone. country, according to China Petroleum Daily. posed Batangas-Manila gas pipeline project. Th is will mark the fi rst phase of infrastructure development in the Philip- ABB – (2/16) ENGINEERS INDIA LTD. – (REV 8/14) pines. Phase two and three will consist of a re-gas terminal ABB has won a large contract for the 1,150-mile Trans- Gujarat State Petronet Lt.d (GSPL) has awarded for LNG and reto-fi tting power plants. Th e pipeline will Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) to bring Engineers India Ltd. A contract for three natural gas span 65 miles and has a price tag between $150 and $170 Azerbaijan’s natural gas directly to Europe. ABB will deliver pipelines totalling almost 2,485.5 miles in length. Th e million. the control infrastructure to contribute to safe, secure and fi rst pipeline (984.8 miles) will run from Mallavaram reliable operation of the pipeline throughout its lifetime. to Bhilwada, the second pipeline (1,025.2 miles) will POWER OF SIBERIA – (8/15) ABB signed the contract with TANAP and the order is run from Mehsana to Ghatinda, and the third pipeline According to the media, China has launched construction booked in the fourth quarter. (447.3 miles) will run from Bhatinda to Jammu- of its eastern route on the Power of Siberia project that will Th e $11 billion pipeline will interconnect with two Srinagar. Total capacity of all three pipelines is 76.25 ultimately transport 38 Bcm of natural gas from Russia per others: the South Caucasus at Turkey’s border with MMcm/d. Th e pipelines will transport gas northwards year. Near Heihe, the welding of the fi rst pipeline joint was Georgia and the Trans Adriatic at its border with Greece. from the Krishna-Godavari basin off Andhra Pradesh. executed and the line could run as far as Shanghai. Th e gas will come from the Shah Deniz 2 fi eld in the Construction is slated for three years. Th e Power of Siberia gas pipeline is due to become fully Caspian Sea and it will enter the European network in operational in 2018 and will link with the Chinese gas Italy. It will cross the whole of Turkey, with TANAP ENLINK MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP – (9/16) infrastructure already in place, according to government forming the central section of the $45 billion Southern Type: Project includes the installation of papers. Th e construction of the western pipeline named the Gas Corridor, which will be part of Europe’s future a cryogenic natural gas processing Power of Siberia–2, that’ll deliver another 30 Bcm of gas to strategic energy infrastructure. facility with capacity up to 120 MMcf/d China, will start soon Prime Minister Medvedev recently ABB will deliver the control system, telecommunications, and associated gathering pipeline reported. pipeline monitoring, security systems including fi ber-optic infrastructure Russia started building its 2,500-mile eastern route in cables to transmit data along the pipelines. Th e pipeline Location: Loving County, TX, and Eddy and Lea late 2014. Th e Russian portion of the project is expected to will be controlled and automated by ABB’s System 800xA counties, NM become operational in late 2017. process automation system. Th e software solutions will Start Date: 2016 integrate the supervisory control and data acquisition PROGRESSIVE PIPELINE – (9/16) (SCADA) systems and the telecommunications that control Owner: Kinder Morgan the gas fl ows, detect leakages or intrusions and make closed

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Project: Zone 3 TOKYO GAS – (8/13) Th e construction of the Ukhta – Torzhok-2 gas main is Type: Project includes the construction of Japanese companies have started construction of 870 a top priority of this work. Th e required volumes of natural 36-inch pipeline miles of gas pipeline that will run directly from Sakhalin gas will be delivered to northwestern parts of Russia via the Miles: 4 to Ibaraki Prefecture. Tokyo Gas, oil company Japan pipeline with a view to ensure gasifi cation process and gas Location: Demopolis, AL Petroleum Exploration ( JAPEX) and Nippon Steel & deliveries to domestic consumers as well as to supply gas Start Date: 2016 Sumikin Engineering are the operators of the project. It will beyond Russia. take between 5 and 7 years to implement it, according to the Th e length of Ukhta – Torzhok-2 will be around 602 PUNJ LLOYD – (5/16) companies’ preliminary estimates. miles, design capacity – 45 Bcm of gas a year. Eight gas Punj Lloyd has won pipeline contracts in Oman New Delhi. compressor stations with an aggregate capacity of 689 MW Th e scope of work for the contracts includes the construction WOOD GROUP – (8/15) will be built along the gas pipeline route. of a 14-inch diameter, 186-mile natural gas liquid pipeline Wood Group has secured a contract with Origin Energy Th e gas pipeline will be built and completed by late 2019. and a 32-inch diameter, 187-mile gas pipeline. Th e 14-inch to provide detailed design engineering for the onshore diameter pipeline will travel from the New Fahud NGL pipelines related to the Halladale, Black Watch & Speculant (8/14) Gazprom has launched construction on the Plant to the Steam Cracker Unit at Sohar in Oman. In view (HBWS) Natural Gas Project in South West Victoria, 2,500-mile long, 56-inch diameter Yakutia-Kahbarovsk- of the increased gas demand and to ensure availability of Australia. Vladivostok Pipeline to carry gas from the Republic of supply, Punj Lloyd will be laying another 32-inch diameter Th e HBWS gas fi elds are located in the off shore Otway Sakha Yakutia in northeast Siberia. Th e pipeline is expected gas pipeline parallel to the existing 32-inch diameter Fahud Basin in Victoria but due to their proximity to shore, and to to be complete in 2019. Th e capacity of the pipeline will be – Sohar pipeline for OGC. Th e pipeline is being laid to avoid sensitive marine environments, they are being drilled 61 Bcm per year. supply gas for North Power station. Th e scope of work also using extended reach drilling (ERD) techniques from onshore includes construction of block valve and pigging stations. location and tied back to the existing Otway Gas Plant. JEMENA – (1/16) Both the pipelines need to be completed within 38 and 35 Th e scope of work will see Wood Group Kenny (WGK) Jemena has been selected by the Northern Territory months, respectively. perform the detailed design of onshore raw gas and Mono- Government to build and operate the North East Gas Ethylene Glycol (MEG) pipelines from the well pad to the Interconnector (NEGI), connecting the Territory’s vast gas ROYAL BOSKALIS WESTMINSTER N.V. – gas plant. Construction of the pipelines is anticipated to fi elds to the east coast gas market. (5/16) commence in Q3/Q4 2015. Th e 387-mile pipeline will link Tennant Creek in the Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a Th e work will be delivered from the Melbourne offi ce Territory to Mt Isa in Queensland, and cost around $800 contract from the National Petroleum Construction but will also draw on specialised upstream pipeline expertise million to construct. Company of Abu Dhabi, UAE for dredging work related globally. WGK previously completed concept and FEED Jemena Managing Director Paul Adams said the pipeline to the installation of an off shore gas pipeline of the Abu studies for HBWS to investigate development solutions would fast-track development of the NT’s gas industry, with Dhabi National Oil Company as well as to an existing before a fi nal design was taken forward to the execution stage. gas expected to fl ow to east coast markets from 2018. off shore gas pipeline. Th e activities are due to commence in Adams said Jemena had been working closely with the fi rst quarter of 2016 and will be executed in phases with FSU Eastern Europe communities and businesses along the proposed route from completion expected in the second half of 2017. the start of the bidding process, to harness as much local Boskalis will dredge a trench for the installation of the GAZPROM – (2/16) and Indigenous participation as possible in the delivery and new off shore gas pipeline over a total distance of more than Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management ongoing management of the pipeline. 31 miles between Das Island and Ras Al Qila onshore Abu Committee and Wang Yilin, Chairman of the Board During the planning, construction, and commissioning Dhabi. For this project a medium-sized trailing suction of Directors of CNPC signed in Beijing an agreement phases, Jemena will create up to 600 jobs for locals and hopper dredger and a large cutter suction dredger will to design and construct the cross-border section of the off er up to 100 contracts for local businesses, worth around be deployed as well as backhoe dredgers for dredging in Power of Siberia gas pipeline, including its submerged $112 million. It also expects to staff ongoing operations and shallow waters. Following its installation, the pipeline will crossing under the Amur River. Besides, a Memorandum maintenance teams at both Tennant Creek and Mount Isa be backfi lled. In addition, Boskalis will be backfi lling an of Understanding in the oil sector was entered into by from local workforces. existing off shore pipeline with sand over a total distance Gazprom Neft and CNPC. To ensure remote communities benefi t as much of 21 miles with a trailing suction hopper dredger. Th is Th e Agreement on design and construction of the cross- as possible from the NEGI project in the long-term, pipeline is located in the vicinity of the new pipeline. border section of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, including Jemena is also investing in training programs, Indigenous Boskalis’ strategy is aimed at benefi tting from key the submerged crossing under the Amur River, also sets the apprenticeships and a new Indigenous social enterprise in macro-economic factors which drive worldwide demand procedure of technical decision making, engineering and Tennant Creek to provide support services for construction in our markets: expansion of the global economy, increase construction of the section. Special attention is paid to the and road maintenance projects in the area. in energy consumption, global population growth and the submerged crossing under Amur. Th e document was signed Construction of the NEGI is expected to be completed challenges that go hand in hand with climate change. Th is within the Sales and Purchase Agreement for the Russian by 2018. Once completed, it will be known as the Northern project closely relates to the increasing energy consumption. gas supply to China via the eastern route. Gas Pipeline (NGP). Th e three-year Memorandum of Understanding in the SPECTRA ENERGY – (8/16) INTERTEK – (6/15) oil sector stipulates the joint actions in exploration and Owner: Jemena production of oil reserves in Russia (including the Arctic Intertek was recently awarded a two-year contract by Project: Northern Gas Pipeline shelf), China and third countries, as well as refi ning and Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) to Type: Project includes providing expertise at the sales of oil and its fi nal products. provide quality assurance, technical inspection and pipe point of fabrication, deploying a team of Th e eastern route is steadily progressing. Th e contract has testing services during manufacture of the line pipe in quality inspectors to oversee manufacture entered into full legal force. Power of Siberia is advancing Turkey. of the pipework including quality of up to schedule, the resource base is expanding, the Amur Igor Obodan, regional director of Intertek, said: welding, steel composition, compliance GPP has entered its construction phase. “Securing this work further demonstrates the strength of with Australian standards and adherence Intertek’s highly regarded technical services capabilities. to engineering specifi cations (9/14) Th e fi rst joint of the Ukhta – Torzhok-2 gas main Our experienced group of inspectors and technical Location: Tennant Creek - Mount Isa was offi cially welded in Ukhta. Alexey Miller, chairman specialists headed by Dilek Yalcin, director of Intertek Kalite Start: 7/16 of the Gazprom Management Committee and Sergey Servisleri Ltd Sirketi, will support the client’s commitment Gaplikov, acting head of the Republic of Komi took part to quality and safety throughout this very important stage SUNLAND CONSTRUCTION – (9/16) in the ceremony. On September 4, 2015 Gazprom, BASF, of the project. Th e quality and integrity of the line pipe is Owner: Magellan Midstream/TransCanada Corp. E.ON, ENGIE, OMV and Shell inked the Shareholders vital for ensuring the safe operation of the pipeline as well Type: Project includes the construction of Agreement to construct the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as minimizing fl ow or contamination risks to the product 24-inch pipeline system with the capacity of 55 Bcm of gas a year from that is delivered through it. We look forward to working Miles: 9 Russia to Germany across the Baltic Sea. together with TANAP over the coming years.” Location: Houston, TX A new gas transmission network integrated into Russia’s Dilek Yalçın, director of Intertek Turkey & Azerbaijan, Start Date: 2016 Unifi ed Gas Supply System needs to be built to feed natural said: ‘Intertek is proud to be awarded this signifi cant and gas to Nord Stream 2. New gas pipelines will stretch for prestigious contract and we are pleased to contribute to the nearly 1,864 miles. success of this highly strategic project.”

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TANAP is a natural gas pipeline from Azerbaijan major pipeline Gwadar-Nawabshah in Pakistan that will of the Southern Gas Corridor project, at the Greece/Turkey through Turkey to Europe. It will be a central part of the provide a connection to the Karachi-Lahore gas pipeline. border. Th e pipeline will then go through Greece and Southern Gas Corridor, which will connect the giant Shah Th e term of pipeline construction is 42 months. Th e Albania, to eventually cross subsea the Adriatic Sea to end Deniz gas fi eld in Azerbaijan to Europe through the South project will be executed in three stages. At the fi rst stage, in Puglia, Italy, where it will connect to the Italian natural Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), TANAP and the Trans Adriatic the gas pipeline will be completed by the second quarter gas network. Pipeline (TAP). of 2018 and at the second stage, some of compressor Th e project aims at enhancing security of supply as well stations will be set up and running by the second quarter as diversifying gas resources in the European market. TAP (7/14) TANAP has awarded WorleyParsons a signifi cant of 2019. At the third stage, all compressor stations will will open a new route for natural gas from the Caspian Sea region. It is designed to transport 10 Bcm per year with a fi ve year contract for the supply of engineering, be brought on stream by the second quarter of 2020 potential future expansion to 20 Bcm per year, as more gas procurement and construction management services for delivering the pipeline’s full capacity, which is 12.4 Bcm becomes available. a year. the 1,144-mile long Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Th e PMC contract awarded to Technip will cover the project. TANAP is designed to transport Caspian natural SIEMENS – (9/16) onshore portion of the pipeline from Greece to Albania and gas from the Georgian-Turkish border to Turkey’s western in Italy. Th e services will include the overall project and site Owner: border with Greece. Initially it will carry production from Trans Adriatic Pipeline Consortium management, procurement and subcontracting for all the Project: Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz Stage 2 project. Trans Adriatic Pipeline EPC packages throughout the engineering, procurement Th e contract is for the provision of project management, Type: Project includes the installation of six and construction phases, as well as warranty management coordination, planning, design, engineering, construction 15-megawatt SGT-400-driven turbo and the project close-out. Th e project completion is management, contracting, procurement, project controls compressor trains scheduled for the fi rst quarter of 2020. Location: and other services for construction of the new pipeline and Azerbaijan Start Date: pipeline facilities including compressor stations. 2016 (7/14) Following the approval from the relevant regulatory Completion: 2019 authorities in Italy, Greece and Albania, the European POLAND/LITHUANIA – (REV 3/12) Commission has formally approved the Trans Adriatic TRANS ADRIATIC PIPELINE AG – (10/16) Poland and Lithuania have announced plans to make Pipeline’s (TAP) application for Th ird Party Access Contractor: construction of a gas pipeline between the two nations a Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd. (TPA) exemption for the initial capacity of 10 Bcm. Th e Owner: priority seconded by the European Union. Th e proposed Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG decision means that TAP can off er capacity for export of Project: pipeline would link the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Trans Adriatic Pipeline gas volumes from Azerbaijan to Europe for a period of 25 Type: Lithuania to the Polish gas supply and transmission system. Project includes the supply and delivery of years. In addition, the commission has approved exemptions 963 miles of fi ber optic cable Th e 445-mile pipeline would provide alternative supplies from regulated tariff s on both TAP’s initial and expansion Miles: 545 to the region, which currently relies on Russian gas. No capacity, as well as exemption from ownership unbundling Location: Azerbaijan – Europe timeline for construction has been announced but word for 25 years. Completion: 2020 from Poland in Feb. 2012 is that the parties are “preparing Th e Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) will start near Kipoi Comments: The pipeline will connect with the Trans for a Feasibility Study” and more information will become on the border of Turkey and Greece, where it will connect Anatolian Pipeline available during a press conference on July 10, 2012, in with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP). Vilnus, Lithuania. From there, TAP will continue onshore, crossing the entire Contractor: SPIECAPAG territory of Northern Greece, its longest stretch, then Owner: Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG ROSTEC – (12/15) onwards east to west through Albania to the Adriatic coast. Project: Trans Adriatic Pipeline Th e off shore section of the pipeline will begin near the In Islamabad the governments of Russia and Pakistan have Type: Project includes supplying 4-inch pre- Albanian city of Fier and it will traverse the Adriatic Sea to signed the intergovernmental agreement to construct the commissioning tools, tracking equipment, tie into Italy’s gas transportation network in Southern Italy. North-South gas pipeline from Karachi to Lahore. Th e as well as accessories for the pipeline project will be undertaken by Russian-based RT-Global Miles: 545 Construction has started on the 540 mile pipeline. Resources, a subsidiary of Rostec. Th e construction of Location: Azerbaijan – Europe (12/15) the pipeline will provide orders for Russian industrial Completion: 2020 Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has awarded enterprises and will boost non-raw-commodity exports. Comments: The pipeline will connect with the Trans three contracts for the engineering, manufacturing and Th e document was signed by Russia’s Energy Minister Anatolian Pipeline delivery of 48-inch and 36-inch fi ttings, isolating joints Alexander Novak and Pakistani Petroleum and Natural and scraper traps. Th is equipment will perform various key Resources Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Th e 684-mile TRANS ADRIATIC PIPELINE AG – (5/16) functions, and will be installed along the TAP route, in line long gas pipeline with a potential capacity of 12.4 Bcm per with the project technical specifi cation. Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG has awarded Spiecapag, a annum will link the liquefi ed natural gas (LNG) terminals Industria Meccanica Bassi S.p.A has been awarded subsidiary of Entrepose (VINCI Group), the engineering, in the port of Karachi in the south of Pakistan and the city two contracts: fi rst, for engineering, manufacturing and procurement and construction (EPC) of three lots of of Lahore in the the country’s north. delivery of 48-inch and 36-inch piggable T-pieces and onshore gas pipelines as part of the TAP (Trans-Adriatic Th e project will be run by RT – Global Resources on welded elbows of diff erent characteristics and, second, Pipeline) project: one lot represents 115 miles in Greece - a BOOT (Build Own Operate Transfer) basis. Th e built scraper traps units for intelligent pigging. Piggable between Kipoi and Kavala - and two lots are totaling 134 pipeline will be owned and operated by the project company T-pieces will enable the connection with the block miles in Albania, between Bilisht and Topoje. for 25 years. During this period payments for gas deliveries valve and compressor stations while scraper traps will With a total length of 546 miles, TAP will connect to the will help the company recoup their investment costs and facilitate the cleaning and control of the pipeline. Nuova Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) at the Greek- Turkish make a return on investment. After that the pipeline will be Giungas s.r.l. is the successful tenderer for engineering, border, will cross Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea and handed over to the government of Pakistan. Currently, RT- manufacturing and delivery of 48-inch and 36-inch connect to the Italian gas network. Once completed, the Global Resources is carrying out surveys and engineering isolating joints. Th ese will isolate diff erent cathodic TAP project will transport gas from the Shah Deniz II gas work along the pipeline route. protection systems that avoid corrosion. fi eld in Azerbaijan into Europe. Th e Karachi-Lahore gas pipeline is the fi rst joint project Th is year TAP has awarded several contracts: construction “We have begun mobilization of our teams to allow work between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic and rehabilitation of access roads and bridges in Albania to start in mid-2016. We are proud to bring our customer of Pakistan to be implemented under an intergovernmental (April 2015), large diameter ball valves and actuators ( July our expertise and added value in gas pipeline construction, agreement in a long time. Th e project will open up to 2015), and turbo compressors (September 2015). whatever the environment, and as always to contribute Russian companies a new market and opportunities to to the development of the communities where we will embark on new projects in the energy implementation fi eld be working during the project,” said Jean-Claude Van de Middle East in the Republic of Pakistan. Wiele, Managing Director of Spiecapag. Th e Pakistani Government has plans for a large-scale CNPC – (6/13) development of the country’s energy sector. Regasifi cation (9/15) Technip has been awarded by TAP a Project CNPC announced that the second phase of its Halfaya terminals for liquefi ed natural gas (LNG) are currently Management Consultancy services contract, for a project Project has kicked off . Th e Halfaya project consists of three under construction in the city of Karachi. Th ere will be designed to transport gas from the Shah Deniz fi eld to the phases. Th e fi rst phase project became operational in June power plants built in the country’s north to which gas will European market. of 2012, and is producing at a daily rate of 100,000 bbls of be supplied via the Karachi-Lahore link. TAP project scope includes a 540-mile long pipeline, crude and 2.6 MMcm of natural gas. In addition, Chinese contractors are building another which will start from the tie-in with the TANAP portion

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Th e second phase project, including 60 wells, a 169-mile construction on a 350-mile pipeline to export natural gas to Oil Refi neries and Petroleum Industries Co. (ORPIC) long trunk pipeline, and a 5Mtpa crude processing center, Kuwait. No completion date has been released. have proposed a 174-mile long pipeline near the Muscat is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2014 Highway linking Sohar and Muscat refi neries. and capable of outputting 200,000 bpd of crude. Th e third NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL ENGINEERING Th e company touted the project would boost storage phase project, with a productivity target of 600,000 bpd, is AND CONSTRUCTION CO. – (REV 7/13) capacity for diesel and petrol, and connect storage facilities expected to be completed by the end of 2016. Th e National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction in Sohar and Mina Al Fahal refi neries to meet increasing Co. (NIOEC) is constructing a 970-mile long, 48-inch, 42- demand, said the news source. GASCO – (3/14) inch and 36-inch diameter pipeline that will transport oil Th e Muscat-Sohar Pipeline project will be executed in Gasco has launched construction on the Habshan- from the Caspian port of Neka to Jask in the Gulf of Oman. three phases: Phase 1 will consist of a pipeline connecting Maqta-Taweelah Gas Pipeline Project. Th e purpose Th e initial capacity of the pipeline will be 1 MMbpd. the Muscat International Airport and the Mina Al Fahal of this project is to install two new 52-inch diameter Th e basic design of the pipeline is 43.15% complete, Refi nery by the main storage facility; Phase 2 will consist pipelines from Habshan to Maqta, one new 52-inch the environmental study is 18% complete and the overall of a pipeline that connects the Mina Al Fahal Refi nery diameter pipeline from Maqta to KM42 point in progress of the project is 1.47% complete. Mir Aliasghar and the Sohar Refi nery as well as the construction of Taweelah and one 42-inch diameter pipeline from Sajedi is the project director. No completion date was an intermediate storage facility in Muscat; and Phase 3 KM42 point to new ADWEC CRS in Taweelah. Th e released. will consist of the construction of an additional storage scope of works also includes demolition of an existing facility. 24-inch diameter pipeline from Maqta to Taweelah and SNC-LAVALIN – (4/16) demolition of an existing 30-inch diameter pipeline from SNC-Lavalin announced that it has been awarded a SOCAR – (11/13) Bab to Maqta. Completion is slated for 2016. signifi cant oil and gas contract in the Middle East, which Azerbaijan’s state-oil company, SOCAR, has started further cements SNC-Lavalin’s position in the Middle East. construction on the the Batam Refi nery Project in Batam GOV. OF IRAN/ARMENIA – (6/14) Th e project will involve developing the infrastructure and Island, Indonesia. Th e governments of Iran and Armenia have started processing facilities for a gas fi eld, with SNC-Lavalin’s lump SOCAR will construct a 600 Mbpd refi nery in Batam, construction on a new 217-mile pipeline from the Tabriz Oil sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction Indonesia. Th e refi nery will refi ne oil from Azerbaijan and Refi ning Co.’s Tabriz refi nery to the border that is shared by (EPC) scope on the project including connecting gas market to Indonesia or other Asia-Pacifi c countries. Th e both countries. No completion date has been released. producing wells into the main processing plant. $4.8 billion project is slated for completion in 2017.

GOV. OF OMAN – (7/13) TAPI — (2/16) VALMEC – (6/15) A construction contract for a 143-mile, 32-inch diameter Construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan- Valmec has secured the award of the Eastern Goldfi elds pipeline with a capacity of around 25 MMcm/d will be India natural gas pipeline has commenced. Th e 1,118-mile Pipeline Project by APA Operations. Th e project is awarded by the end of 2013, said news sources. State- pipeline will export up to 33 Bcm of natural gas per year. scheduled for immediate commencement and expected owned Oman Gas Co. (OGC) will operate the proposed Th e project is expected to be completed by the end of to run through until November 2015. Valmec’s scope of $250-million pipeline. OGC has executed all of the 2019. work will comprise the supply, fabrication, installation, project’s front-end engineering and design. construction and testing of facilities required as part of APA Supply for the pipelines was awarded in the fi rst quarter TURKMENINSTAN-AFGHANISTAN- Group’s $140 million Eastern Gas Pipeline Project. of 2013 to an undisclosed contractor. Th e line is slated to PAKISTAN-INDIA – (REV 6/16) When complete, APA will transport gas a total come on stream by 2016. Construction has started on the 1,118.4-mile long Trans- distance of 932 miles to mining operations in the eastern Afghanistan Pipeline. Th e pipeline will transport Caspian Goldfi elds region in Western Australia through three of ISRAEL/JORDAN – (8/13) Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into its interconnected pipelines. Th ese are the Goldfi elds Gas According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Jordan Pakistan and then to India. Completion is slated for 2018. Pipeline, the Murrin Murrin Lateral, and the new 181- is considering a deal to buy natural gas from Israel. mile Eastern Goldfi elds Pipeline which is currently under Israel agreed to ship 40% of its energy reserves from the construction. Mediterranean Sea, said the news source. OIL - International Th e WSJ stressed that the deal would be benefi cial to Asia Pacific all parties, alleviating Jordan’s current energy shortage and Africa off ering Israel a secure delivery market. CHINA – (8/16) PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PIPELINE SA/ Th e news source spoke to Oded Eran, former Israeli Project: Gwadar-Kashgar Pipeline GOVIND DEVELOPMENT – (2/15) ambassador to Jordan, who said that a pipeline from Israel Type: Project includes the construction of to Jordan could be constructed “relatively quickly” by a pipeline According to several media outlets, Cameroon has inked a pipeline extension across the Dead Sea salt pools from Israel Miles: 1,500 deal with Govind Development to build a 220-mile long Chemicals Ltd.’s gas-powered plant onshore Israel to Arab Location: Gwadar - Kashgar pipeline to transport oil from a petroleum hub in Limbe Potash Corp.’s plant onshore Jordan. Start: 2017 to Yaounde. Th e energy ministry told reporters that the Eran also mentioned a potential deal to supply Jordan’s Completion: 2021 pipeine will lower the cost of petroleum transportation entire market with gas from Israel, said the WSJ. in Cameroon. Petroleum Products Pipeline SA will If the second deal passes, a new pipeline from the NACAP AUSTRALIA – (4/16) spearhead construction of the main pipeline and Govind Mediterranean through the Jezerrel Valley to Beit Shean will construct branches of the pipeline to the provincial Esso Australia is replacing a 116-mile pipeline which and into Jordan would need to be constructed, Eran told capitals of Bamenda and Bafoussam. No project timeline transports crude oil and condensate between its facilities the newspaper. was released. at Longford and Long Island Point. Construction will Amit Mor, president of Eco Energy Ltd., told the WSJ commence in early 2016 and occur over a two-year that Israel supplying gas to Jordan was the cheapest option ZAKHEM INTERNATIONAL – (REV 8/14) period. Esso has awarded the contract to construct the but that Jordan has not yet made a geopolitical decision to Kenya Pipeline Co. has awarded a contract to Zakhem replacement pipeline to Nacap Australia (a Quanta do business with the gas giant. International to construct the Mombasa-Nairobi Services company). Pipeline. Th e project includes the design and supervision Th e replacement pipeline will be constructed adjacent to ISRAEL/JORDAN – (8/13) of the construction of the new 279.6-mile long, 14-inch Esso’s existing crude oil and condensate and LPG pipelines. Jordan has started construction of a pipeline from Israel to diameter pipeline alongside the existing pipeline. Th e Construction work will mainly occur on private land and Jordan that will run across the Dead Sea salt pools from new pipeline is designed to meet petroleum products should not cause signifi cant disruption to the community. Israel Chemicals Ltd.’s gas-powered plant onshore Israel to demand for the Eastern Africa region up to the year Th e pipeline will allow the continued delivery of crude Arab Potash Corp.’s plant onshore Jordan. 2044. Th e construction is slated for completion in 18 oil and condensate, and will also ensure that natural gas Amit Mor, president of Eco Energy Ltd., told the WSJ months. that Israel supplying gas to Jordan was the cheapest option from our off shore Gippsland operations continues to fl ow but that Jordan has not yet made a geopolitical decision to to Australian households and businesses. do business with the gas giant. FSU Eastern Europe OMAN OIL REFINERIES AND PETROLEUM NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL CO. – (REV 8/14) INDUSTRIES CO. – (4/13) AMBO LLC – (9/13) National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has started According to Downstream Today, the state-owned Oman Economic ministers from Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania have signed an agreement that will move forward

68 Pipeline News November 2016 • www.pipeline-news.com ONGOINGProjects construction underway the construction of the Burgas-Vlore oil pipeline. Th e Pacifi c Ocean Pipeline in 2016, says the web publication. PRODUCTS – project that will link Bulgaria’s port of Burgas and Transneft is reported to have estimated the construction Albania’s port of Vlore, through Macedonia. Plans call cost as 120 billion rubles. Th e web site says about 1,200 International for a 575-mile, 36-inch diameter pipeline to transport up km of gathering lines also will be constructed. Phase Asia Pacific to 35 million tons of oil per year. Th e project is estimated one (from the town of Tarko-Sale to Purpe) is scheduled to cost $1.3 billion. Th e project includes installation of for completion in Q4 2014; phase two will extend from ESSAR PROJECTS – (8/16) two pump stations in Bulgaria and on each in Macedonia Tarko-Sale to Novozapolyarye (Q4 2015 completion); Owner: Union Gas Ltd. and Albania. and phase three will connect an oil pumping station to Project: Koyali-Sanganer Pipeline According to Platts, the project has kept a low profi le the section installed near Novozapolyarye (Q4 2016). Type: Project includes the replacement of in recent years due to failure to secure investors. 18-inch pipeline (3/12) Once the project secures fi nancing, AMBO will Transneft’s president is quoted in Rigzone pointing Miles: 88 execute an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment to a new oil pipeline, about 435 miles (700 km) long, that Location: Koyali, Gujarat - Viramgam Study before any construction permits in the three will transport potential oil deposits in the Kuyumbin and Supt: Jeff Sanderson countries would be awarded. Yurubcheno-Tokhomsk fi elds in Krasnoyarsk territory. Th e Start: 7/16 Th e company told the news source that they are project is said to be part of a strategic development program Completion: 2017 confi dent that fi nancing will materialize once oil that has been ordained by the company’s board. Rigzone production increases in the Black Sea. said it may be commissioned in 2016. Africa HILL INTERNATIONAL – (REV 8/15) Middle East KENTZ CORP. LTD. – (9/13) Hill International has been awarded a contract for the Kentz Corp. Ltd. announced the award of a project 805-mile long Pan-European Oil Pipeline (PEOP) for AL ROBAYA HOLDING CO./NATIONAL management consultancy services contract with Transnet the following: evaluating transport capacity and the use of PETROLEUM CONSTRUCTION CO. – (11/15) for work on elements of the 438-mile long New Multi- existing transit facilities; examining legal and environmental According to Reuters, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have issues relating to the project; preparing cost and economic Product Pipeline (NMPP) Project in South Africa. Th e signed contracts with Al Robaya Holding Com. and NMPP will transport refi ned products from Durban to analyses; making recommendations on a route for the new National Petroleum Construction Co. to build a 350,000 pipeline; and developing a project execution plan. Johannesburg, to provide the capacity necessary to meet bpd, 72-mile oil pipeline between the two countries. Th e demand. Kentz (Pty) Ltd. will provide project management Th e line will transport crude oil from Caspian and pipeline is scheduled for completion by 2018. Most of the Black Sea Region, starting from the Romanian port of consultancy services and support to Transnet across a full new pipeline will replace a 230,000 bpd line and expand multi-discipline scope. Constantza, further through Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia Bahrain Petroleum Co.’s Sitra refi nery processing capacity. to Trieste in Italy. Th e pipeline will connect with the Trans Construction on the NMPP has commenced but no completion date was released by the company. Alpine Pipeline in Trieste. PETROFAC – (3/15) Th e PEOP is expected to cost $2.4 billion and have a Petrofac has received an award notifi cation for the fi rst NOCK/IOCL – (7/13) capacity of 60 million tons of oil per year. Th e PEOP will phase of Kuwait Oil Co.’s (KOC) Lower Fars heavy oil mainly supply Italy and central Europe, with around 9% According to the Global Times, Kenya’s state-run oil fi rm, development program, which is located in the north of the the National Oil Corp. (NOCK), has linked up with Indian of the oil to be supplied to Serbia and Croatia. Th e group country. proposing the pipeline includes General Electric Oil and Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL) to construct the proposed 219-mile Th e scope of work covers greenfi eld and brownfi eld long, 14-inch diameter Kenya-Uganda Petroleum Products Gas, China National Off shore Oil Corp., Chevron, Texaco facilities and includes engineering, procurement, and BP. Pipeline Project that will run underground from Eldoret, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning (EPC), Kenya to Kampala, Uganda. start-up and operations and maintenance work for the ROSNEFT – (10/15) Th e consortium expressed interest to construct the project main central processing facility (CPF) and associated Rosneft has started to build a pipeline from the following a contract cancellation with Libya’s Tamoil East infrastructure as well as the production support complex. Africa Ltd. due to political rifts, said the news source. Komsomolsk-on-Amur oil refi nery to the port of De- Th is includes a pipeline of almost 100 miles, which will Kastri. Th e construction of a branch from the Eastern transport the heavy crude from the CPF to South Tank Siberia - Pacifi c Ocean (ESPO) pipeline to the refi nery has Farm located in Ahmadi, from where KOC has the option OFFSHORE – also been agreed upon with Transneft. Th e general designer to send it to the proposed Al-Zour refi nery in the south International is the OJSC Angarskneftekhimproekt and the general of Kuwait. contractor is Afi na Pallada. Th e EPC element of the project, which includes 10 Africa months commissioning and ramp-up work, is anticipated to TRANSNEFT – (2/14) be completed in 52 months following which the plant will JDR – (3/14) According to news sources, Transneft recently commenced be turned over to KOC. Petrofac and CCC will continue JDR has won a contract with FMC Technologies in construction of the 435-mile long Kuyumba-Taishet to provide an integrated team at the site for a further eight Kongsberg, Norway, to design and supply umbilicals and Pipeline that will run from Siberia’s northern fi elds and months to undertake operations and maintenance alongside reels for an intervention workover control system for a West transport oil to China. Th e pipeline will have an initial KOC. When fully operational it is expected that the initial African fi eld development. transportation capacity of 15 million tons of oil per year. phase of the Lower Fars heavy oil project will produce Th e project includes hydraulics to fi ber optics, with 12 Transneft announced that it is also constructing the 311- around 60,000 bpd of oil. miles of specially designed JDR IWOC umbilicals that will mile long Zapolyarye-Purpe Pipeline that will also run to be deployed across nine JDR-designed reelers. Asia. SNC-LAVALIN – (2/14) Th e project, with a delivery in mid-2014, will be designed Completion of both oil links will be completed by the SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by the Iraq by JDR’s in-house engineering teams and manufactured at end of 2016, said media releases. News sources reported Ministry of Oil’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) their facility in Littleport, U.K. JDR will also test and pre- that it is anticipated that Gazprom will ink a contract with to provide engineering services for the Iraq Export Pipeline qualify the reeler packages in advance of deployment. China to determine transportation volumes, in service dates Project. and other terms of agreement. Working closely with SCOP, SNC-Lavalin will ONESUBSEA – (5/16) provide front-end engineering and design; long-lead items (11/14) OneSubsea has been awarded a contract from BP Th e Russian government has decreed that the tendering and evaluation; and engineering, procurement Exploration (Delta) Ltd., and partner DEA (Deutsche 310.69 mile (500-km) Zapolyarnoye-Purpe oil pipeline and construction tendering and evaluation for two pipeline Erdoel AG), to supply subsea production systems for the will be designed and constructed with Transneft systems and fi ve pump station facilities. Once completed, West Nile Delta Giza/Fayoum and Raven fi elds, situated funds and completed in Q4 2016, according to web the pipeline system will transport 2.25 MMbpd of crude off shore Egypt. Giza/Fayoum will be tied-back to modifi ed publication RusOilGas.com. Th e pipeline is intended and 258 MMcf/d of natural gas from a station near Basra onshore Rosetta facilities and integrated with a new onshore to link Yamal fi elds to the East Siberia-Pacifi c Ocean to a station near Haditha. Th e work will be carried out plant for Raven. Th e scope of supply for the long-distance Pipeline. Transneft will be contractor and operator. Th e from SNC-Lavalin’s offi ces in Abu Dhabi, United Arab gas fi elds includes large-bore subsea trees, manifold systems line reportedly will be built in three phases. It will have Emirates. incorporating high-integrity pressure protection systems capacity of up to 45 MMmt/a from fi elds in the Yamal for the high-pressure Raven fi eld, connection systems, Peninsula to a connection with the Eastern Siberia- and controls systems, along with project engineering,

www.pipeline-news.com • November 2016 • Pipeline News 69 ONGOINGProjects construction underway management and testing. Th e booking was recognized in MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL INC. – engineering support. Th is contract, eff ective immediately, the fourth-quarter of 2015. (12/14) follows Wood Group Kenny’s successful design of Prelude’s McDermott International Inc. announced that it has been subsea fl owlines. SUBSEA 7 – (1/16) awarded a three-year shallow water pipeline contract by Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a sizeable contract Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. Sdn. Bhd. (BSP) to transport (8/15) Wood Group Kenny will support the Kebabangan to Subsea 7 by Pharaonic Petroleum Co. S.A.E. for the and install pipelines and umbilicals for the Champion Petroleum Operating Company in pipeline engineering and development of the East Nile Delta Phase 3 Project and Ampa fi elds off shore Brunei. Work is expected to be fl ow assurance engineering studies for the Kamansu East (END-3). Th is award was the result of a competitive executed through 2017. (KME) fi eld off shore Sabah, Malaysia. tender process. Th e fi rst scope of work consists of transportation and Th e scope of work will include concept select studies Th e project scope includes installation engineering, installation of more than 62 miles of pipelines including and defi nition engineering on subsea heating options, thus procurement and fabrication of rigid spools, and installation corrosion resistant alloy clad pipelines, as well as umbilicals preventing hydrates, for the 19-mile gas pipeline which runs of pipeline, umbilical and subsea structures to develop the and cables. from the KME fi eld in 750 meters of water to their new resources from two wells including 5 miles of umbilicals Th e McDermott Derrick Barge 30 and other vessels will shelf edge Kebabangan platform. and pipeline. Th e fi eld development will be at depths of be mobilized to support this initial work which will include Th e pipeline heating technology could be the fi rst approximately 80 to 90 meters. hydro testing, pre-commissioning and salvage of redundant application for deepwater gas development in Malaysia. Fabrication of spools will be carried out at Petrojet’s yard risers. Th e KME fi eld and Kebabangan Northern Hub Project are in Egypt. Off shore installation is scheduled to commence part of the Kebabangan Cluster, which is owned by Petronas in the fourth quarter of 2015 using the Subsea 7 vessels SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES – (8/15) Carigali Sdn. Bhd. (40%), ConocoPhillips (Sabah Gas) Ltd Rockwater 2 and Seven Borealis. Statoil has awarded Samsung Heavy Industries the topsides (30%) and Shell Energy Asia Limited (30%). KPOC is a contracts for both the processing and riser platforms. joint venture company which was established to act as the TECHNIP – (7/16) Th e contract is a fabrication contract for the topsides for cluster operator. Th e fi rst gas from the fi eld is expected to be Owner: Mellitah Oil & Gas B.V. Libyan Branch the processing and riser platforms. Aker Solutions has required in the early 2020’s. Project: Bahr Essalam Phase II previously been awarded the contract for engineering Type: Project includes the overall design, work and purchase of equipment packages for the two FSU Eastern Europe detailed engineering and project aforementioned topsides. Th e function of the processing management, as well as pro-curement, platform, which weighs approx. 26,000 tons, is to ensure oil AEGION CORP. – (7/15) installation, tie-ins, pre-commissioning stabilization as well as processing into rich gas. Aegion Corp. announced that the Aegion Coatings Services and commissioning Th e riser platform, which weighs approx. 22,000 tons, group within the Corrosion Protection platform was Location: Mediterranean Sea will take care of oil and gas exports, water and gas injection, awarded a contract in the Caspian Sea region to perform Completion: 2018 as well as any future tie-ins. Th e power cable from onshore outer diameter fi eld coatings for a 300-mile onshore natural also ends on this platform, where the current is transformed gas pipeline expansion. Th e project is expected to begin in TECHNIP/HEEREMA MARINE from direct current into alternating current for further the fall of 2015 and be completed by the end of 2017. CONTRACTORS – (6/14) distribution to the fi eld center. Technip and Heerema Marine Contractors was awarded Th e topsides will be fabricated at the Samsung’s shipyard HYDRATIGHT – (10/16) a major lump-sum contract by Total E&P Angola for the in South Korea. Owner: Statoil Petroleum AS engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) Type: Project includes supplying products, TECHNIP – (9/16) and pre-commissioning for the SURF (subsea umbilicals, services and management for remote Owner: risers and fl owlines) part of the Kaombo project in Block 32 Woodside pipeline repairs worldwide Project: off shore Angola in water depths up to 2,000 meters. Greater Enfi eld Location: Azerbaijan – Europe Type: Th e project’s scope of work consists of the engineering, Project includes the project management, Completion: 2020 procurement, fabrication, transport and installation of: 18 design, engineering, procurement, Comments: Hydratight’s MORGRIP® contingency rigid risers, of the single top tension riser type, including large installation and pre-commissioning (EPIC) connectors will be the primary buoyancy tanks, fl exible top riser jumpers and riser base spools, of carbon steel water injection fl owline, mechanical repair method within Statoil’s approximately 186 miles of rigid pipe-in-pipe production fl exible risers, fl owlines, umbilicals, and Pipeline Repair and Subsea Intervention and single pipe injection pipelines, a large number of subsea subsea structures and valves (PRSI) pool structures, piles and steel jumpers. Besides, it covers the Miles: 75 transport and installation of approximately 71 miles of client- Location: Off shore Western Australia WOOD GROUP KENNY/ TOTAL E&P supplied umbilicals, manifolds, well jumpers and fl ying leads. Start Date: 2016 AZERBAIJAN/BP/STATOIL – (7/14) Th e engineering work will start immediately and off shore Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has been awarded a call-off UTEC SURVEY PTY LTD. – (5/14) installation activities are scheduled for 2016 and 2017. Th e contract, for 2014, with BP Azerbaijan under their 2007 project is scheduled for completion in the fi rst half of 2018. UTEC Survey Pty Ltd. has been awarded a pipelay support Global Agreement. Th e contract will cover engineering survey and positioning contract in Australia. and project management services for the Shah Deniz 2 Asia Pacific Th e contract was awarded to UTEC by Saipem and Subsea Execute phase. WGK has worked with BP on the involves the provision of off shore survey and positioning Shah Deniz project since 2008 to provide engineering JACOBS ENGINEERING services during the pre-lay, lay and post-lay installation of support through the Appraise, Select and Defi ne phases GROUP INC. – (4/14) a 42-inch, 552-mile long pipeline which will connect the of this major project. Th e award of this contract is in Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. was awarded a contract by Ichthys LNG project’s off shore central processing facility addition to the subsea engineering work currently being situated some 124 miles off the coast of Western Australia BP for process and infrastructure work on the greenfi eld carried out under the BP Global Agreement covering with its onshore gas processing plant near Darwin in Khazzan project in the Sultanate of Oman. engineering and project management services in the Australia’s Northern Territory. Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is providing North Sea. In mid-April, 2012, the Shah Deniz consortium (Total engineering, procurement and construction management WOOD GROUP – (3/16) services in relation to approximately $2 billion of gas E&P, BP and Statoil) was reported to have approved the Wood Group has secured a three-year contract with gathering and water pipelines, wellhead production facilities decision to commence Front End Engineering and Design Shell Australia’s Prelude, Floating Liquefi ed Natural Gas and export pipelines for the development of the southern (FEED) on the estimated US$25 billion Shah Deniz Stage (FLNG) project. sector of Block 61. Jacobs’ scope of work also includes the 2 project to bring gas from the Caspian Sea to markets in Perth-based Wood Group Kenny will provide specialist detailed design and program management for the associated Turkey and Europe, opening up the Southern Gas Corridor. consultancy services for fl exible riser integrity management project infrastructure. Achieving this milestone allows the consortium to maintain prior to and during operation of Prelude FLNG, which its target for fi rst gas exports around the end of 2017. Th e work utilizes resources from multiple Jacobs offi ces will be located 475 km north east of Broome in Western located in the Middle East, U.K., India and the U.S.; and Australia. Jacobs is also committed to supporting the In Country Th e focus of the contract will be the development and Middle East Value goals of the Sultanate of Oman to build local content implementation of the fl exible riser integrity management IRAQ – (10/15) by developing the local workforce and engaging local plan, as well as inspection, monitoring, testing and on call suppliers. Th e project is expected to mobilize immediately. A gas pipeline in northern Iraq has started conversion

70 Pipeline News November 2016 • www.pipeline-news.com ONGOINGProjects construction underway operations into an oil line with a capacity of 300,000 reliable operations in the future. Studies have previously KONGSBERG OIL & GAS TECHNOLOGIES bpd following an upcoming oil deal between Turkey revealed ageing of components and an increasing need for AS – (10/13) and ExxonMobil. A gas line replacement has started maintenance at the Kalstø plant. In connection with this, Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS (KOGT), a construction, enabling exports to the Turkey market. on behalf of Gassco, Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract wholly-owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, has Th e 109-mile long line connects the Khor Mor fi eld to to upgrade the facility to maintain secure and reliable signed an agreement with Statoil for the delivery of subsea Sulaymaniyah to the east and runs to a plant near Erbil. operations. Th e contract, which was signed recently, includes structures, in-line tee’s, tie-in and connection systems for building a new control room and the replacement of the the Polarled gas pipeline. Th e contract was signed with PETROPARS – (10/13) existing control system and old instrumentation equipment. Statoil on behalf of the partners in the joint venture for Petropars has won the contract to develop the South Pars In addition, an existing pig lock is to be removed, which Polarled: Statoil, Petoro, OMV, Shell, TOTAL, RWE Dea, gas fi eld Phase 11 in the Persian Gulf, under a buyback is connected to Statpipe, and a new valve system is to be ConocoPhillips, Edison, Maersk Oil and GDF SUEZ. arrangement. installed. Polarled is a new 298-mile long gas pipeline from Aasta Work scope of the 52-month contract includes Th e upgrades planned for Kalstø will contribute toward Hansteen to the Nyhamna processing facility in Møre and installation of two wellhead platforms and drilling 12 wells secure and reliable operations until 2050. Th e contract Romsdal County. Th e pipeline will make it possible to on each facility, and construction of two 84-mile long, 32- includes both planning, procurement, dismantling and develop Aasta Hansteen and other fi elds in the Norwegian inch diameter pipelines to export the produced gas to the installing. Work commences immediately and will continue Sea. Polarled will also have a branch pipeline to the Statoil- shore. until the 2016-17 turn of the year. Th e landfall facility at operated Kristin Field, and the order includes structures and South Pars Phase 11 is designed to deliver 2 Bcm/d Kalstø comprises four pipelines, including valves, locks and tie-ins for that branch. Th e project is scheduled to commence (70 Bcf/d) of sour gas and 80,000 bpd of gas condensate, corresponding equipment for Statpipe, Sleipner condensate immediately and will last for more than three years. according to Petropars project manager, Seyyed Hadi and Åsgard. Engineering will be done by KOGT at Lysaker, while Mirbagheri. Th e company is also responsible for fabrication will be done by subcontractors in Great Britain construction of onshore reception, separation, stabilization, CONOCOPHILLIPS/CHEVRON NORTH SEA and Norway. and gas condensate storage facilities in the onshore and – (11/13) installation of gas condensate export facilities. ConocoPhillips (U.K.) and Chevron North Sea have MAN DIESEL & TURBO – (3/14) Petropars has so far completed six phases of the South approval from Britain’s government to develop the MAN Diesel & Turbo will provide a high-speed, oil-free, Pars development and is working on phases 12 and 19. Enochdhu discovery in the UK central North Sea. First integrated motor compressor for the Ivar Aasen production production is expected to fl ow in late 2014, at a peak rate of platform in the Norwegian North Sea. SAIPEM – (3/15) more than 10,000 Boe/d. Th is will be MAN’s fi rst hermetically sealed compressor Saipem, through its subsidiary ERSAI Caspian Contractor Development will involve a two-slot production manifold installed on an off shore production facility. SMOE in LLC, has been awarded a major new engineering and tied back to the Callanish subsea manifold via a multi-phase Singapore is building the platform for operator Det norske construction contract for the Kashagan fi eld project in the production pipeline, gas lift pipeline, and electro-hydraulic oljeselskap. Kazakh waters of the Caspian Sea. controls umbilical. A tie-in manifold will be stationed close Th e multi-stage radial compressor, arranged in tandem Th e North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC) has awarded to the Callanish manifold. Th e manifolds, pipelines, and confi guration around a centrally positioned 9.5-MW high- Saipem a contract for the construction of two 59 mile umbilical will be incorporated into a subsea bundle. speed electrical motor compressor, will be used to export pipelines, which will connect D island in the Caspian Sea Gas processed on the Britannia platform will be produced gas to Norway’s west coast. to the Karabatan onshore plant in Kazakhstan. Th e scope transported via a dedicated pipeline to the Southern Area According to MAN, the main features of its compressors of work includes the engineering, the welding materials, Gas Evacuation terminal at St. Fergus, eastern Scotland, are the high-speed motor and active magnetic bearings. Th e the conversion and the preparation of vessels, the dredging, while liquids will head to the Kinneil Terminal via the absence of a dry gas seal system and an oil system, which the installation, the burial and the pre-commissioning of Forties Pipeline System. allows the compressors to be hermetically sealed, reduces the two pipelines. Some of the scope will be executed with complexity and leads to improved reliability, the company EMAS AMC – (6/13) specialized subcontractors. claims. Th e two pipelines, with a diameter of 28 inches, are made Det norske oljeselskap ASA has awarded EMAS AMC a MECOS, acquired by MAN Diesel & Turbo in early of carbon steel, internally cladded with a corrosion resistant $165-million contract for rigid pipelay and related subsea 2012, is supplying the magnetic bearings. alloy layer, and will each have an off shore length of about 40 work at the Ivan Aasen fi eld in the Norwegian North Sea. out of the total 59 miles. Th e construction will be completed Th e contracted scope of work includes project MRC GLOBAL INC. – (12/15) by end of 2016. management, detailed engineering and procurement, MRC Global Inc. (MRC) announced that its Norwegian construction, and installation of three 6.2-mile long TECHNIP – (10/15) subsidiaries, MRC Teamtrade and MRC Energy Piping, rigid pipelines via reels, including spools, pipeline end have been awarded major contracts to support Statoil’s Technip, in a consortium led by National Petroleum terminations, and seabed intervention. Johan Sverdrup project in the North Sea. Construction Co. (NPCC), has been awarded by Abu Dhabi Th e contract also has an option for EMAS AMC to Johan Sverdrup, a multi-platform off shore development Marine Operating Co. the contract for the engineering, procure and install a subsea power cable connecting the in the Norwegian Continental Shelf, is the largest procurement and construction work of the Umm Lulu Full neighboring Edvard Grieg platform to the Ivar Aasen project in the North Sea. Th e development will include fi eld development project. platform. four platforms: a utility and accommodation platform, a Th e contract’s scope of work consists of the detailed Project management and engineering work will processing platform, a drilling platform and a riser platform engineering, procurement, fabrication, off shore installation, commence immediately and will be managed from EMAS all linked by bridges. commissioning and start-up of a large off shore super AMC’s offi ce in Oslo. Off shore activities are scheduled to MRC Energy Piping will supply the pipe, fi ttings and complex comprising of six bridge linked platforms commence in 2015, with completion in 2016. fl anges (PFF) to the processing and riser platforms of the including gathering, separation, gas treatment and water Johan Sverdrup project. Statoil awarded the construction disposal facilities, utilities and accommodation modules, GE OIL & GAS – (12/13) contract for the two platforms to Samsung Heavy totaling over 66,000 metric tons (with associated jackets, Ocean Installer AS has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract Industries, who then awarded the PFF contract to MRC fl ares, bridges and subsea composite cables). to supply subsea tie-in connection systems that will support Energy Piping. Th e contract is the largest single award in Technip will be responsible for the engineering of the the development of the Gina Krog and Eirin gas fi elds in MRC Energy Piping’s history. project and will share the procurement and commissioning the Norwegian North Sea. MRC Teamtrade will supply the instrumentation works with NPCC. NPCC will be responsible for the For the project with Ocean Installer, GE is providing products for all four platforms throughout the lifetime of fabrication and installation of the facilities. Th e project is equipment to connect the Sleipner A installation with a the fi eld. Th is includes Hoke Gyrolok fi ttings, instrument scheduled to be completed in the fi rst half of 2018. new Gina Krog production platform and fl oating storage valves and manifolds, BuTech high pressure fi ttings, tubing unit after they are built. Th e contract includes hardware and and valves, and instrument tubing, heat traced tubing, hoses Western Europe & off shore installations, with additional options that include and seal rings. connections to the nearby Eirin fi eld. EU Countries GE’s OTR Intervention department in Dusavik, Norway NDT GLOBAL – (8/16) AIBEL – (10/14) will manage the contract work on behalf of Ocean Installer. Owner: Statoil GE will start to deliver its equipment to Ocean Installer Project: Aibel has been awarded a contract by Statoil for the Kalstø Åsgard Pipeline in the fourth quarter of 2014, with commercial operation Type: Robustness project. Th e project involves upgrading the gas Project includes the development of of the equipment scheduled for the third quarter of 2016. landpipe landfall at Kalstø in order to maintain secure and a suitable inline inspection tool and

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corresponding survey for the 14-inch management scope, with fabrication work to take place for the Johan Sverdrup oil and gas export pipelines. Th e pipeline at the company’s Wick and Leith facilities. Off shore pipe-laying operation is scheduled to start in the spring of Miles: 440 activities utilizing a number of Subsea 7 vessels will 2018, using the laying vessel CastorOne. Location: Norwegian Sea commence in 2015. Stabilized oil will be exported to the Mongstad terminal Start: 2016 through a new oil pipeline connected to existing storage Completion: 2017 (7/13) Subsea 7 has won a $170-million contract from caverns. Th e oil export solution consists of a 170-mile, 36- Statoil for installations on the Mariner fi eld in the U.K. inch pipeline to the Mongstad terminal, including required OCEAN INSTALLER – (10/13) northern North Sea. modifi cations at the terminal. Ocean Installer has won an $85-million contract for subsea Th e scope covers engineering, procurement, installation, Gas will be exported to Kårstø gas terminal through installations and tie-ins at the Statoil-operated Gina Krog and construction of 24 miles of rigid fl owlines and fl exible a new gas pipeline. Th e gas export solution includes a and Eirin fi elds off shore Norway. riser systems, associated subsea structures, protection 97-mile, 18-inch pipeline tied in to the Statpipe rich gas Scope of work includes design, fabrication, and subsea systems, and tie-ins. pipeline, including a hot-tap hook-up to this pipeline. No installation of a gas export pipeline end manifold, the oil Project management and engineering will be split modifi cations are required at Kårstø for the reception of the export riser base, tie-in spools and covers, and associated between Subsea 7’s offi ces in Stavanger and Aberdeen, with Johan Sverdrup gas. remote tie-ins. Work related to the Eirin fi eld is included as off shore installations due to start in 2015 and fi nish the WOOD GROUP – (1/15) an option due to the later project sanctioning schedule for following year. this development. Wood Group has been awarded a fi ve year contract from TECHNIP – (12/14) Ocean Installer will perform off shore installations in BP. Under the contract, Wood Group PSN will deliver 2015 and 2016 using the construction support vessels Technip was awarded a contract by Total E&P UK for engineering, procurement and construction services to six Normand Mermaid, Normand Clipper, and Normand Vision. the Edradour Subsea Development, located 75 kilometers U.K. continental shelf off shore upstream assets and the Start-up is expected in early 2017. northwest of the Shetland Islands, in 300 meters of water. Forties Pipeline System (FPS) onshore midstream facilities Technip’s scope of work covers the: fabrication and in Grangemouth. RAMBOLL OIL & GAS – (7/13) installation of 12-inch production pipelines, 6-inch Eff ective January 2015, the contract will create 150 new Statoil has contracted Ramboll Oil & Gas for detailed pipeline complete with 2-inch piggy backed service line, jobs and secure more than 700 existing positions. Th is is engineering of an subsea export pipeline for the Gina Krog supply and installation of steel tube umbilical, fabrication Wood Group PSN’s largest contract award in 2014 and fi eld in the Norwegian North Sea. and installation of pipeline end manifold, fl owline end includes an option for two, one-year extensions. Gina Krog is 143 miles southwest of Stavanger, Norway. termination, fl exible tails and rigid well tie-in spools, as well WOOD GROUP KENNY – (12/14) Production is due to start in 2017, with the plan for as the installation of templates and manifolds provided by development and production awaiting approval by Norway’s the client, rock dumping and pre-commissioning. Wood Group Kenny has been awarded the front end Parliament. Technip’s operating center in Oslo, Norway, will execute engineering design (FEED) for the subsea and pipeline Ramboll’s contract runs until 2017 and covers fi ve sub- the project, while vessels from the group fl eet will perform element of the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage projects, one being detailed design of the 16.8-mile long, the installation in the summer seasons of 2016 and 2017. (CCS) project in Aberdeenshire. Th e project, the world’s 20-inch diamter gas export pipeline from the Gina Krog fi rst full-chain CCS project on a gas-fi red power station, TOTAL S.A. – (REV 4/14) platform to the Sleipner A platform, where a riser will be is being developed by Shell, with strategic support from pulled in through the existing J-tube. Total has started development of the Hild fi eld in the Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE). Th e scope of the six- Norwegian North Sea. Th e development is in 115 m of month contract includes: developing a landfall solution at SAIPEM – (5/16) water and preparatory work will include installing an the Peterhead Power Station; design of a new carbon dioxide Statoil has awarded Saipem an installation contract for integrated platform/wellhead arrangement with dedicated (CO2) export pipeline from Peterhead Power Station to a the Johan Sverdrup Export Pipelines Project. Th e Johan storage vessel for water reinjection. Oil will be exported subsea tie-in with the existing Goldeneye pipeline; and, a Sverdrup fi eld is located on the Utsira Height in the via tankers. Gas will be moved via a new 24-inch, 44-mile new subsea intervention valve (SSIV), including controls North Sea. Saipem will be responsible for the installation pipeline link to connect to the existing Frigg UK (FUKA) system and tie-in spools. of a 97-mile, 18-inch gas export pipeline for the Kårstø pipeline in the UK sector where it will be transported to the gas terminal, as well as approximately 175-mile, 36-inch St. Fergus, UK, terminal. Presuming timely approval by the OTHER - oil export pipeline (depending on fi nal routing) for the authorities, Total expects production to start in 4Q 2016 Mongstad terminal. and to eventually peak at 100,000 Boe/d. International Work on the project will be carried out by Saipem’s WAH SEONG CORP BHD – (9/16) fl agship, the ultra-deep water last generation pipe-layer Western Europe & Owner: CastorOne, which will be undertaking operations in the Statoil EU Countries Project: North Sea for the fi rst time. Johan Sverdrup Export Pipeline Type: Project includes the shipping of pipeline ENERGY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL – STATOIL – (REV 8/14) Location: Norway’s west coast (12/13) Start Date: Statoil has started construction of the 298.26-mile long, 2016 Energy Solutions International (ESI) has been selected Completion: 30-inch to 36-inch diameter subsea Norwegian Sea Gas 2018 by NATO Support Agency (NSPA) and Central Europe Infrastructure (NSGI) pipeline in the Luva fi eld on the Pipeline System Program Offi ce (CEPS PO) to implement WASCO COATINGS MALAYSIA SDN BHD/ Norwegian Continental Shelf. Production is anticipated an integrated Synthesis and Pipeline Scheduler solution SAIPEM – (1/16) for 2016. Conceptually, the pipeline will also connect to the across the CEPS fuel pipeline and terminal network. Linnorm fi eld and tied in to the Zidane fi eld. Also, it will Statoil has, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partners, Th e CEPS crosses the NATO Host Nations of Belgium, be capable of connecting to the Asgard Transport system via awarded contracts for the linepipe, coating and pipe France, Germany, Luxembourg and Th e Netherlands and the Kristin platform. installation of the Johan Sverdrup export pipelines. Th e is 3,479 miles long. With 33 terminals, its storage capacity three contracts cover both the oil and the gas export is over 1,250,000 cu m. While built for military use and SUBSEA 7 S.A. – (7/14) pipelines for Johan Sverdrup. operated with military priority, the system delivers a large Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded its largest UK EPIC Th e linepipe fabrication contract for the export pipelines proportion of fuel to commercial customers including major services contract by Premier Oil UK Ltd. located 180 km was awarded to Mitsui & Co. Norway A.S. Mitsui will North European airports, so CEPS has both civilian and east of Aberdeen in Central North Sea Block 28/9. deliver 220 000 tonnes of steel for the oil and gas pipelines, military strategic signifi cance. Th e contract covers the provision of project totalling 430 kilometres. Linepipe production will start at Th is major project will be managed by ESI and will be management, engineering, procurement, construction, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal (NSSMC) steelworks in delivered from its European headquarters in the UK. fabrication and installation of Catcher’s subsea facilities. Japan early in 2016. Th e scope includes three pipeline bundles incorporating Wasco Coatings Malaysia Sdn Bhd was awarded the Butting BuBi® Mechanically Lined Pipe, a riser contract for external anti-corrosion treatment and concrete system for the catcher fl oating, production, storage and weight coating for the oil and gas pipelines, as well as offl oading unit, and installation of a 10-inch, 37-mile internal fl ow coating for the gas pipeline. Th e work will be long gas export/import pipeline. Subsea 7’s offi ce in performed at Wasco’s factory in Malaysia in 2017. Aberdeen will undertake the engineering and project Saipem Ltd. has been awarded the pipe-laying contract

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