Foster Wheeler nets Libyan onshore FEED contract

Foster Wheeler announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, in a joint venture with Taknia Libya Engineering Company, has been awarded a FEED contract by Nafusah Oil Operations (Libyan Branch) for an onshore oilfield development.

The development, known as the Area 47 Development Project, is located in the Hamada region, approximately 200 km south of Tripoli, in the Ghadames Basin, Libya.

The contract value was not disclosed and will be included in the company’s Q2 2014 bookings.

Production wells

The planned development will consist of approximately 34 producing wells, including eleven existing wells and approximately 23 new wells, flow-lines and a common gathering trunk-line to transport the well fluids to the central gas oil separation facility for primary treatment.

After separation, the oil and gas produced will be exported through new pipelines that will be connected into existing pipelines carrying products to the Mellitah delivery terminal, in the northwest of Libya, on the Mediterranean Sea, for export. The planned design capacity of the gas oil separation facility is 50,000 bpd of oil, 90 million ft³/d of gas and associated water (to be re-injected into the reservoirs).

Comments

Roberto Penno, CEO, Foster Wheeler Global Engineering and Construction Group

“Foster Wheeler has been involved in the Area 47 Development Project for some time, having completed the conceptual study in 2012 and worked on the FEED definition in 2013. Area 47 is located in a relatively remote part of Libya, so the facilities are being designed on a modular basis in order to minimize on-site construction and installation activities, and to accommodate future expansion.”

Tayeb Said, Managing Director, Taknia Libya Engineering Company

“Taknia Libya Engineering Company looks forward to the joint execution of this FEED project with Foster Wheeler. We hope this partnership will open the door for more co-operation between the two parties to execute more projects in the Libyan market and more significantly help enhance the technology transfer program that Taknia is implementing.”

Mohamed Jamaleddin, Chairman of the Operating Management Committee, Nafusah Oil Operations (Libya)

“To achieve first oil production by the end of 2016, Nafusah is looking forward to have this FEED project completed on schedule or even before in order to start the second phase of the project as early as possible in 2015. We trust that the in-depth technical expertise of the Foster Wheeler and Taknia joint venture will ensure the successful and safe delivery of a high quality project for Nafusah.”

Adapted from press release by Katie Woodward

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