By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 31 -- Saudi Aramco has let a front-end engineering and design (FEED) and project management services contract to two units of Foster Wheeler Ltd. for development of offshore Manifa oil and gas field. The field will produce 900,000 b/d of Arab Heavy crude (OGJ Online, Oct. 16, 2006, Newsletter).
Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. and Foster Wheeler Arabia Ltd. will conduct FEED for the onshore central processing facility and the expansion of gas facilities at Khursaniyah; detailed design support; purchasing assistance for long-lead items; coordination of the FEED development work performed by subcontractors for other elements of the program, including the offshore facilities; and development of the bid package for the invitation to bid for engineering, procurement, and construction of the onshore facilities.
Completion of the FEED is expected in third-quarter 2007. Further details of the contract were not disclosed.
The Manifa Arabian Heavy Crude project includes development of giant offshore Manifa field, construction of gas-oil separation plants and crude stabilization units and separators, as well as the expansion of the Khursaniyah Gas Plant to process the associated sour gas. The project is scheduled for completion in mid-2011.
