North Oil Company (NOC) has awarded front end engineering design (FEED) contract to McDermott International for the Ruya Development, previously referred to as Al-Shaheen Phase 3-Batch 1, located offshore Qatar.
Al-Shaheen oil field is located in Qatari waters 80km north of Ras Laffan with facilities consisting of 33 platforms and more than 300+ wells. This is Qatar’s largest offshore oil field and one of the largest offshore oil fields in the world.​
According to a statement from McDermott, this is one of the largest FEED projects undertaken in McDermott’s history and follows the successful completion of the pre-FEED contract.
Scope of work includes developing FEED studies and deliverables suitable for an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) project. This includes creating technical output data (FEED data), providing EPCIC schedule and cost estimates, and developing an early work plan for the brownfield scope with necessary site surveys.
The scope also ensures that new greenfield facilities’ design and brownfield modifications comply with applicable rules and regulations, McDermott noted.
Ruya Development is a strategic contract for NOC
“This is a strategic contract for our offshore business in Qatar and a game-changer for McDermott as it represents the largest offshore FEED we have ever received in the Middle East,” said Tareq Kawash, McDermott’s senior vice president, Offshore Middle East at NOC.
“As was the case for the pre-FEED with NOC, work will be led from our highly skilled Doha operating centre and will be supported by our Chennai engineering office.”
Meanwhile, Neil Gunnion, McDermott’s Qatar country manager and vice president of Operations, said: “The award strengthens our successful collaboration with NOC and demonstrates the continuity of our business relationship with them.”
“Utilising our comprehensive experience and in-depth knowledge of the offshore sector in Qatar, we look forward to continuing to work closely with NOC to contribute to the development of Shaheen, which is Qatar’s largest offshore oil field.”
McDermott pointed out that it has decades of experience delivering projects in Qatar, a historically strategic market, and is significantly increasing localisation efforts with the Tawteen In-Country Value program.
