Name of client  :   Qatar Petroleum (QP)
Budget  :  $500 million
Facility Type  :  Oil & Gas Field
Sector :  Oil
Status  :   Feed
Location :  Qatar
Feed  :  WorleyParsons

Background

Al Shaheen field is located in block 5 offshore northern Qatar and is operated under a production sharing agreement on behalf of Qatar Petroleum. The oilfield concession is currently under open bidding as of Q2 2015.

Project status

June 2015: QP employs Schlumberger as adviser on the open tender for the oilfield concession.

May 2015: In a blow to current concession holder Maersk Oil, Qatar Petroleum invites international oil companies to compete and operate Al Shaheen from mid-2017 on an open tender basis. No submission deadline set yet.

Project scope

The scope of work includes:

• Drilling of some 40 new production wells;

• 20 new water injection wells;

• Conversion of 14 existing wells to water injection;

• Construction and installation of new production platforms, interconnected with pipelines;

• Facilities for gas compression;

• A gas export pipeline to Qatar Petroleum’s North Field Alpha platform, offshore Qatar; and

• A number of appraisal wells will be drilled to evaluate possible further production potential.

Project schedule

Feasibility Study                      Q1-2014
Feed                                          Q2-2014
EPC ITB                                   Q2-2015
Engineering & Procurement     Q3-2015
Completion                                Q4-2016