By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 13 -- Qatar's RasGas Co. Ltd., operator of the $1.1 billion Al Khaleej Gas (AKG-1) project, has awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract valued at more than $50 million to Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (CB&I), The Woodlands, Tex., to design and construct two LPG storage tanks at Ras Laffan, Qatar.
CB&I will undertake the engineering, procurement, and construction of the steel, double-wall, full containment tanks—a 125,000 cu m propane tank and a 110,000 cu m butane tank—and will be responsible for foundations, piping, electrical, and instrumentation work. The fast-track schedule calls for completion of both tanks within 27 months. The contract also includes an option for two additional tanks, CB&I said.
The storage facilities will be for Phase I of AKG-1, which will produce natural gas from Qatar's 900 tcf North field, recover associated condensates and natural gas liquids for sale, and market 1.75 bcfd of pipeline gas to be used as feedstock for new petrochemical plants in the area, including about 750 MMcfd to the Oryx gas-to-liquids plant—a joint venture of Qatar Petroleum Co. and Sasol Petroleum International (Pty.) Ltd.—and for other domestic and export customers. First gas is scheduled for fourth quarter 2005 (OGJ Online, Apr. 8, 2003).
Rasgas participant, ExxonMobil Middle East Gas Marketing Ltd., earlier this year awarded a $200 million contract for onshore EPC to CMS&A, a joint venture of Japan's Chiyoda Corp. and Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Italy's Snamprogetti SPA, and Al Mana Trading Co. WLL of Qatar.
