QatarEnergy has awarded Spanish engineering firm Tecnicas Reunidas an extended scope for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work on off-plot liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities for the North Field South project ( NFS), the second planned expansion phase of Northern Qatar. Rural area.
The total value of the contract is $560 million, Tècnicas Reunidas said in a press release on Wednesday, adding that the contract is the fourth with QatarEnergy in the past 24 months.
Tecnicas Reunidas is currently carrying out EPC work on the expansion of condensate, LPG and monoethylene glycol (MEG) storage, distribution and associated facilities for the NFS project. The new project scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of off-site facilities. These include LNG run-off lines, boil-off gas recovery and utility pipelines that will connect the southern part of Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) with new storage tanks and export facilities at RLIC . The scope also includes the commissioning of LNG tanks, an LNG loading dock, boiler gas compressors and associated equipment.
According to the statement, Tecnicas Reunidas is also carrying out EPC work for the sulfur handling facility for the NFS project in a joint venture with Wison Engineering Ltd. The North Field, located in the northeast of the Qatar peninsula, is the largest non-associated natural gas field in the world.
German hydrogen plant contract
Meanwhile, a consortium of Tecnicas Reunidas and Ansaldo Energia has won a contract from Germany’s largest electricity producer RWE to develop a hydrogen-ready combined cycle power plant, according to an earlier press release.
The new 800 megawatt (MW) plant, aimed at 62 percent efficiency, will be built at RWE’s existing site in Weisweiler, near Cologne, as part of a plan to replace the coal for others that provide cleaner and more efficient generation. said the press release. The planned power plant will use Ansaldo Energia’s GT36 turbine, which can generate electricity with up to 50 percent hydrogen mixed with natural gas, with the potential to upgrade to 100 percent hydrogen.
The scope of work of Tècnicas Reunidas includes the engineering of the authorization phase, as well as the engineering of the project, the supply of auxiliary equipment and the construction, commissioning and start-up of the plant. These are subject to RWE’s final investment decision, which will be made after all necessary permits have been obtained and once there is clarity on the overall economic viability of the project, according to the press release.
The licensing phase is expected to last approximately two years. The construction phase is expected to begin in 2025 and is expected to last 40 months, Tècnicas Reunidas said.
“RWE is ready to play its part in securing green supply by building hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants, thus enabling the phase-out of coal in Germany by 2030,” said Roger Miesen, managing director of RWE Generation SE. “With Weisweiler planning approval to order, we are moving forward to ensure completion of this 800 megawatt plant by the end of the decade.”
Gonzalo Pardo Mocoroa, Director of Energy and Energy Transition Business Development of Tècnicas Reunidas, said that the project “is part of the long experience accumulated by our company in the development of facilities that use essential fuels for energy transition and the strong momentum we are in. currently donating to our decarbonisation activities”.
“This is the first GT36 turbine that could be installed in Germany. It is a great honor and privilege to be selected by one of the main European companies to be part of the country’s decarbonisation process”, said Fabrizio Fabbri, CEO of Ansaldo Energia. “We are supplying our top-of-the-range engine with its unmatched operational flexibility, especially considering the unique sequential combustion to burn 50% hydrogen vol. already today to support RWE in its ambitious plan to increase production of low-emissions energy.”
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