QP awards NGL control system contract

Feb. 2, 2010
Qatar Petroleum has let a contract to Cegelec of Paris to replace, over the next 18 months the turbine and compressor control system for two NGL production trains in Mesaieed, Qatar.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 2
-- Qatar Petroleum has let a contract to Cegelec of Paris to replace, over the next 18 months the turbine and compressor control system for two NGL production trains in Mesaieed, Qatar.

Under the $15 million contract, an integrated GE-Mark VI system will replace the existing pneumatic control system for Trains 1 and 2, the Cegelec announcement said. In addition, the existing fire-protection system will be replaced with a water-mist system interfaced with the new control system.

This contract follows an earlier $40 million turnkey contract awarded to Cegelec to design and build a blast-proof control building at the QAPCO petrochemical complex, also in Mesaieed.

Cegelec has also provided technical assistance and commissioning for Phase 2 of the common water-cooling system in Ras Laffan, where the end customer was QP.