Norway's Den norske stats oljeselskap AS (Statoil) has begun pre-engineering work on a planned expansion of Kaarsto gas terminal in Norway, where gas from Aasgard fields will be processed for export.
Statoil has begun development of Aasgard fields with an oil production and storage ship and a gas production semisubmersible linked to 60 subsea wellheads (OGJ, Aug. 19, p. 50).
Three contractors appointed for pre-engineering work, conceptual engineering, and cost estimation will compete for the main engineering, procurement, construction, and management contract due next summer.
These are: M.W.Kellogg Ltd., London; Linde AG, Hoellriegelskreuth, Germany; and Fluor Europe Ltd., London. The winner will be expected to have the new plant ready for first gas production on Oct. 1, 2000.
Rod Dean, manager of sales and marketing services at M.W. Kellogg, said there are currently two natural gas liquids extraction trains and three NGL fractionation trains at Kaarsto.
Dean said the new plant will have capacity to handle 12 billion cu m/year of gas from Aasgard. The gas will be delivered to Emden, Germany, via Europipe trunk line (OGJ, Aug. 28, 1995, p. 67).
The new terminal will house rich gas processing facilities, said Dean, including receiving and conditioning plant, NGL extraction facilities, fractionation plant, and a gas compression unit. There will also be new facilities to process raw ethane and store propane and condensate.
The project will also include modifications to existing storage, loading, and utilities facilities at Kaarsto and efforts to link the new plant to the pipeline from Aasgard's gas platform and Europipe.
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