QatarEnergy hires Baker Hughes for North Field South compression

April 3, 2023

QatarEnergy has hired Baker Hughes to supply two main refrigerant compressors for the North Field South project to be executed by Qatargas.

QatarEnergy has hired Baker Hughes Co. to supply two main refrigerant compressors (MRCs) for the North Field South (NFS) project to be executed by Qatargas. The MRCs are part of two 8-million tonne/year (tpy) trains that will boost Qatar’s LNG production to 126 million tpy by 2027.

Each MRC train will consist of three Frame 9E DLN Ultra Low NOx gas turbines and six centrifugal compressors. This most recent contract builds upon a previous award for North Field East (NFE) expansion and will bring the overall number of Qatari LNG train driven by Baker Hughes compression to 12 (OGJ Online, Sept. 29, 2020).

North field is the world’s single largest non-associated natural gas field. The NFS project is the second phase of the North Field Expansion project, announced in 2017. When fully completed, it will increase Qatar’s LNG production from 110 million tpy, which will be achieved by the end of NFE’s first phase in 2025.

QatarEnergy last year selected ConocoPhillips Co. as its third and final NFS international partner. TotalEnergies SE and Shell PLC are the other partners, holding a combined 25% of the project (OGJ Online, Oct. 31, 2022).