ABB Group wins $70 million contract to upgrade oil pipeline in Algeria

ABB Group Tuesday said it won a $70 million contract to upgrade an Algerian oil pipeline owned and operated by state-run company Sonatrach. The upgrade will to increase capacity from. The 290-km pipeline links Hassi Berkine oil field with the dispatching terminal of Haoud El Hamra.

June 19, 2001

By the OGJ Online Staff

HOUSTON, June 19 -- ABB Group Tuesday said it won a $70 million contract to upgrade an Algerian oil pipeline owned and operated by state-run company Sonatrach.

The upgrade will increase capacity to 63,000 b/d from 46,575 b/d. The 290-km pipeline links Hassi Berkine oil field with the Haoud El Hamra terminal, 1,000 km southeast of Algiers.

Gorm Gundersen, executive vice-president and head of ABB's oil, gas and petrochemicals division, said the project is slated for completion in less than 2 years. Under the contract, ABB is responsible for engineering, procurement, and construction of an oil stocking and dispatching center at Hassi Berkine and a pumping station at Nezla.

The project will be designed and managed at offices in Milan, Italy, and construction will be carried out by Sarpi, an ABB and Sonatrach joint venture operating in Algeria.