Oil & Gas Middle East – August 2019

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AUGUST 2019 oilandgasmiddleeast.com

Saudi Aramco awards $18bn contracts for

Marjan and Berri redevelopment

Marjan and Berri oilfields are expected to increase production capacity by 550,000 barrels per

day of Arabian Crude Oil and 2.5 BSCFD of gas

S

audi Aramco awarded 34 contracts

worth a combined $18bn for the

engineering, procurement and

construction of the Marjan and Berri incre-

ment programmes. The company plans to

boost the Marjan and Berri fields’ produc-

tion capacity by 550,000 barrels per day

of Arabian Crude Oil and 2.5bn standard

cubic feet a day (BSCFD) of gas.

“These two programmes will signifi-

cantly enhance Saudi Aramco’s oil produc-

tion and gas processing capabilities, both

strengthening our position as the leading

integrated energy supplier and meeting

growing long-term demand for petroleum,”

said Amin H. Nasser, president and CEO

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of Saudi Aramco. “These investments will

support our continued focus on employing

best-in-class technologies, well comple-

tion, and reservoir management practices.

It will enable Saudi Aramco to further

reduce the carbon intensity of our crude

oils, supporting our strategy of reducing

emissions while providing energy to those

who need it.”

Of more than 90 companies and

institutions that were invited to bid on the

packages, 16 were chosen in the fields of

engineering, supply and construction.

Saudi Aramco awarded Saipem two EPCI

contracts worth more than $3.5bn. The

first contract, for Berri field, involves the

installation of new process units to expand

the Abu Ali oil-gas separation plant on

Abu Ali island, around 50 km north of Ras

Tanura refinery, and the expansion of the

Khursaniyah gas treatment plant.

The second contract involves the con-

struction of a gas treatment unit for Mar-

jan field and another unit to recover acid

gases for sulphur production. The treat-

ment of acid gases will almost completely

eliminate the release of sulfur oxides into

the environment: more than 99.9% of the

gases will be recovered and CO2 emissions

into the atmosphere will comply with the

most stringent international standards.

Meanwhile, McDermott won two EPCI