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Dolphin Energy Shortlists Bidders For He Three Major Offshore EPC Contracts
Companies from Singapore, South Korea, Italy, France, Switzerland and UAE Approved to Bid for Platforms, Sealine and Export Pipeline
Dolphin Energy Limited today published a short-list of qualified bidders for the three Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) packages which make up the offshore element of the Dolphin Project.
The Dolphin Project is a unique strategic regional energy initiative. It involves development of natural gas reserves from Qatar’s offshore North Field, their processing onshore at Qatar’s Ras Laffan – and transportation by export pipeline of up to 3.2 billion cubic feet a day (bcf/d) of refined product to the UAE, beginning in 2006.
The three Offshore EPC packages cover, respectively, construction and installation of the offshore platforms in the North Field; laying two sea lines from the production complexes to Ras Laffan and laying the export pipeline from Ras Laffan to the UAE receiving facilities.
Offshore EPC for Production Platforms
The four bidders approved for the Offshore Platforms EPC are:
- National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) -(UAE)
- J. Ray McDermott Middle East Inc. -(UAE)
- SMOE Pte Ltd. (Sambewang) -(Singapore)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Limited -(South Korea)
This contract specifically covers the construction and installation of 2 offshore complexes.
Offshore EPC for Sealines
The five bidders approved for the Sealine EPC are:
- National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) -(UAE)
- J.Ray McDermott Middle East Inc. -(UAE)
- Saipem S.p.A - (Italy)
- Stolt Offshore S.A - (France)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.Limited - (South Korea)
This contract specifies the laying of two subsea 34/36 inch-diameter concrete-coated pipelines of approximately 78 kms in length, which will transport multi phase products from North Field wellheads to the Dolphin Energy Processing Plant at Ras Laffan.
Offshore EPC for the Export Pipeline
Six bidders have been approved for the Export Pipeline EPC
- National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) - (UAE)
- J.Ray McDermott Middle East Inc. - (UAE)
- Saipem S.p.A - (Italy)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Limited - (South Korea)
- Stolt Offshore S.A - (France)
- Allseas Marine Contractors S.A - (Switzerland)
This contract will cover the laying of the subsea 48-inch diameter concrete coated Export Pipeline between the Gas Processing Plant at Ras Laffan and the Receiving Facilities Terminal in the UAE.
A Dolphin Energy spokesman stated that the bid documents for the Sealines and Export Pipeline were issued in March. The bid documents for the Platform will be issued shortly. The company expects to award the contracts during the summer of 2003.
Dolphin Energy Limited
Dolphin Energy Limited was created to develop substantial energy projects throughout the GCC. Its objective is to create long-term economic wealth and new business opportunities for GCC citizens, far into the future. Dolphin Energy’s major strategic initiative, the Dolphin Project, involves the production and processing of natural gas from Qatar’s North Field, and transportation of the dry gas by sub-sea pipeline across joint UAE-Qatari waters to the UAE, beginning in 2006.
Dolphin Energy’s first initiative, the Al Ain to Fujairah Pipeline, came on stream in January 2004.The pipeline supplies the Fujairah Water and Power Plant on the UAE’s East Coast – initially with natural gas from Oman, and subsequently with Dolphin gas from Qatar. In May 2005, Dolphin began to supply natural gas to the UAE Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. The gas is being delivered via a tie-in near Qidfa between Dolphin’s Al Ain - Fujairah pipeline and the existing Emarat gas pipeline network.
Dolphin Energy is owned 51 percent by Mubadala Development Company, on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi – and 24.5 percent each by Total of France and Occidental Petroleum of the USA.
Detailed information about Dolphin Energy can be found on www.dolphinenergy.com
For further information contact:
Mirna Hijazi
Corporate Communications Manager
Tel +971 2 6995500
Fax +971 2 6995578