BGTT lets pre-FEED contracts for marine facilities

Nov. 17, 2008
BG Trinidad & Tobago has let two contracts valued at $1.2 million to KBR consulting subsidiary Granherne certain pre-FEED studies.

Eric Watkins
Oil Diplomacy Editor

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 -- BG Trinidad & Tobago has let two contracts valued at $1.2 million to KBR consulting subsidiary Granherne certain pre-FEED (front-end engineering and design) studies.

Under the first pre-FEED study, Granherne will undertake study work for provision of compression to BGTT North Coast Marine Area facilities that deliver gas to Atlantic LNG. The concept phase will examine both offshore and onshore solutions and a final solution will be selected during the pre-FEED phase.

The second study includes reviews of the facilities at BGTT's East Coast Marine Area onshore gas plant at Beachfield, including a review of the arriving offshore pipeline and onshore reception facilities.

The study includes design for operational upgrades as well as enhancements to the facility that will help BGTT meet future demand. Work is expected to begin immediately.

In September, BG Group said it intended to obtain initial gas output from its Poinsettia platform in Trinidad and Tobago's North Coast Marine Area by yearend.

The Poinsettia field is anticipated to boost its gas output by 9.91 million cu m/day). In 2007, BG produced 23 million boe of gas in the country.

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