Name of client : Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Budget : $1.5 billion

Facility type : Gas Field

Sector : Gas

Status : EPC ITB

Location : Hasbah

Background

The new Hasbah scheme will expand the production capacity of the offshore field by an additional 2 billion cubic feet a day (bcfd), which will then be piped onto the onshore Fadhili gas plant.

Project status

April 2016: While it is understood that McDermott won three contracts and Saipem one deal, in which both companies signed the Contract Release Purchase Orders (CRPO) with Aramco; the client has yet to confirm which contractor has been awarded the Hasbah expansion.

Project Scope

The new Hasbah scheme will expand the production capacity of the field by an additional 2 billion cubic feet a day (cf/d), which will be piped to the onshore under-development Fadhili gas plant.

The scope includes engineering detail design, procurement of equipment and materials, fabrication, construction, transportation, installation, hook-up, testing and pre-commissioning for the following:

• Six (6) unmanned (4 well) Offshore Wellhead Platform (design flowrate of each WHP – 540 MMSCFD) – 4 level 4

• Two (2) unmanned Tie-in platforms (HSBS TP2 & TP3) (including jackets) with flare platform and bridges

• Pipelines,

• Flowlines,

• Umbilicals,

• Submarine Composite Cables,

• Onshore Beach Valve Station and Modification on MRJN GOSP 2 & 3

The wellhead platform’s topsides consist of a 4-level deck plus helideck structure comprising of Cellar deck, Main deck, Mezzanine deck and Upper deck. Hasbah field is located 150 km northeast of Jubail, 250 km north of Dhahran.

Project Schedules

Feasibility Study Q4-2014

EPC ITB Q4-2015

Engineering & Procurement Q2-2016

Completion Q2-2019