Name of client: Saudi Aramco - Saudi Arabian Oil   Oil Company
Budget: $1 billion
Facility type: Oil & Gas Field
Sector: Offshore
Status: Construction
Location: Safaniyah
Main Contractor: Emas, Chiyoda Subsea, Saipem, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering

Background
Saudi Arabia’s offshore hydrocarbon programme is a crucial component of the kingdom’s efforts to meet greater production targets. Saudi Aramco is shifting resources to bolster its current offshore activities, drill new wells, and adopt advanced technologies to optimise output. Safaniya, Marjan and Zuluf are among the largest offshore oil fields in Saudi territory, located about 200 kms north of Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran. Berri was originally designed as a gas collection and compression center to process trapped gas from the Berri oil field, but it has become one of the centerpieces of the Master Gas System.

Project status
January 2017: McDermott’s work is expected to be executed through Q4 2017, with construction taking place at McDermott’s fabrication facilities in Dubai and Dammam. Vessels from McDermott’s global fleet are scheduled to perform the installation work.

Project scope
Detailed scope of work will also include additional maintenance and dismantling on the existing platforms already operational in the fields.
Scope for the fourth phase of Safaniyah includes:
• Steel jackets for 10 new wellhead platforms and nine decks
• Offshore pipelines and cables
• Demolishing existing wellhead structures and installing replacements

Planned work at Marjan and Zuluf involves:
• Seven decks, four of which are for Marjan
• 46 km of 16-inch pipelines
• 31 km of 15 kilovolt subsea cables
• Topsides fibre-optic cables

Project finance
Saudi Aramco is the client.

Project schedule
Feasibility study / Q4-2014
EPC ITB / Q1-2016
Engineering & Procurement / Q4-2016
Construction / Q1-2017
Completion / Q1-2019