By the OGJ Online Staff
HOUSTON, Oct. 8 -- Foster Wheeler Corp. has revealed more information about its front-end engineering design contract for an $800 million gas-to-liquids plant in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. The $30 million contract was announced in July (OGJ Online, July 10, 2001).
The GTL project will start up in 2005. It will convert 330 MMscfd of natural gas from Qatar's North field into 34,000 b/d of liquids -- 24,000 b/d of fuel, 9,000 b/d of naphtha, and 1,000 b/d of liquefied petroleum gas.
Foster Wheeler will also select long lead package vendors, conduct a geotechnical survey, prepare the invitation to bid, and prequalify engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors. The company will assist in bidder selection and lender evaluation. It will award the EPC contract.
Foster Wheeler is the first contractor to be involved in a Sasol GTL technology plant outside South Africa.
Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. is a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler Ltd., an affiliate of Foster Wheeler Corp., Clinton, NJ.
