By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 28 -- Khalda Petroleum Co. (KPC) has hired Petrofac of London to design and construct a fourth gas-conditioning train at Salam on the Khalda Concession in the western desert of Egypt, said Apache Corp.
KPC is a joint venture of Apache and Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC).
The forth train, combined with a recently approved third train, will increase total conditioning capacity for production from Apache's Jurassic gas reserves to 710 MMcfd of gas and 66,000 b/d of condensate (OGJ Online, Nov. 15, 2006).
Each train will have capacity to process 100 MMcfd of sales gas and 14,000 b/d of sales condensate. The expansions are scheduled for completion by late 2008.
This is the second train contract that KPC let to Petrofac during November, and it increases the value of the total Khalda contracts to $375 million from $200 million.
