Morocco’s Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) and Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) have awarded Worley a front-end engineering and design (FEED Phase II) services contract for the more than 7,000-km Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP). Worley describes NMGP as the longest offshore pipeline in the world and second longest pipeline overall.
Intecsea BV, Worley’s offshore engineering consultancy, will manage the overall FEED, including development of the project implementation framework and supervision of the engineering survey. The onshore FEED scope, environmental and social impact assessment, and land acquisition studies will be delivered by Worley’s London office.
Worley said that Advisian, its global consulting business, would explore acceleration of electrification and the feasibility of energy self-sufficiency in the region and that its UK and Madrid offices would set out the potential use of renewable energy to power the pipeline and reduce the project’s carbon footprint.
Budget for FEED Phase II is $90.1 million, $14.3 million of which was supplied to ONHYM by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund for International Development. The OPEC contribution will specifically co-finance survey works for NMGP’s North Area, comprising Senegal, Mauritania, and Morocco.
