By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 17 -- Fluor Corp. subsidiaries were awarded a contract by Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. III to provide initial engineering, procurement, and construction management services for RasGas' common off-plot projects in Qatar.
The contract's value is undisclosed. But it authorizes Fluor of Aliso Viejo, Calif., to proceed with a portion of the balance of the project, with an estimated value of more than $1 billion, to be released early next year.
The contract covers common off-plot facilities to support a significant number of new projects in Ras Laffan, including six world-scale LNG trains handling gas from North field. Those facilities include utilities, tankage, and equipment for storage and loading of liquefied petroleum gas and condensates produced from those operations. Initial phase work will be performed in Fluor's Houston office.
RasGas III will add sixth and seventh LNG trains to production facilities operated by RasGas Co. Ltd. at Ras Laffan Industrial City in the northeastern part of Qatar. Qatar Petroleum has a 70% equity interest in the project. ExxonMobil Ras Laffan (III) Ltd. has 30% (OGJ Online, Nov. 16, 2005).
