US subsea and deepwater engineering and construction player McDermott has secured a major contract worth between $750m and $1.5bn from Qatargas for the North Field production sustainability (NFPS) offshore fuel gas pipeline and subsea cables project.
The engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for the project called COMP1 is part of the NFPS offshore compression project involving the installation of new assets in Qatar’s North Field, including compression complexes at seven locations to sustain gas supply to the existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) production trains into the future.
The contract follows the North Field Expansion Project (NFXP) scope awarded to McDermott in 2022, which is currently under execution and remains one of the largest-ever deals won by the company.
The new scope includes the installation of 190 km of 32-inch diameter subsea pipelines, 17 km of subsea composite cables, 186 km of fiber optic cables, and 10 km of onshore pipelines. The project will be managed and engineered entirely from the McDermott Doha office with fabrication taking place at QFAB, the McDermott-Nakilat joint venture fabrication yard in Qatar.
