Contracts awarded for Russian Far East LNG project

Rosneft and ExxonMobil Corp. have awarded a contract to a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG to undertake the initial phase of the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a proposed Russian Far East LNG project (OGJ Online, Feb. 13, 2013).

Foster Wheeler is one of two companies to be awarded separate contracts for the initial FEED work before selection of a single contractor for the second FEED phase.

The company will undertake preliminary engineering and execution planning for the LNG plant and associated gas pipelines, infrastructure and marine facilities.

The work will include location and concept studies, design-basis definition, main technical solutions development, constructability assessment, definition of project execution strategies, and preparation of preliminary information for submission to the Russian authorities.