Petrofac Awarded Hasdrubal Gas Plant Contract in Tunisia

Petrofac has been awarded a US$400 million lump sum turnkey contract by BG Tunisia Limited (BGT*) and Entreprise Tunisienne D'Activités Pétrolières (ETAP), the Tunisian state-owned oil and gas exploration and production company, to build the new Hasdrubal onshore gas processing facility and the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production facility. The facility will be located on the Tunisian coast between La Skhira and Sfax in Tunisia and is scheduled for completion in 2009.

The project scope covers project management, detailed design, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up and performance testing of the new gas plant. Petrofac will be utilising the capabilities and expertise of Pireco, a local construction and fabrication company, as its main construction sub-contractor for the project.

Commenting on the award, Maroun Semaan, chief executive, Petrofac Engineering and Construction said: "We are delighted to win the Hasdrubal project for BGT and ETAP which will be an important project for our core gas plant business."

Ayman Asfari, group chief executive, Petrofac Limited, added: "This is an important award for Petrofac. It both reinforces the growing business relationship we have with BG and it will provide our E&C division with its first major project in Tunisia."

* BGT is the largest producer of gas in Tunisia, supplying more than 50% of domestic gas demand from its 100% owned Miskar field in the Gulf of Gabes about 110km east of Sfax. The Hasdrubal project is intended to increase production levels of domestic gas and, ETAP has elected to participate in the development of the field at 50%.

The Hasdrubal field is located in Tunisian waters at a depth of 62 metres, approximately 100km from the coast in the Gulf of Gabes. It contains a rich gas, condensate and associated oil rim within the nummulitic carbonate El Garia reservoir horizon. The Hasdrubal onshore gas plant will be a gas conditioning train encompassing gas separation, mercury removal, gas dehydration using molecular sieve, H2S/CO2 removal, export gas compression, condensate stabilisation, condensate storage and export systems, recycle gas compression, produced water removal, treatment and storage, cold flare system, HP flare and relief system, hot oil systems, dedicated power generation/distribution, and all associated tie-ins with the existing Hannibal plant. The LPG plant will include LPG extraction, using proprietary turbo-expander technology for dew pointing and LPG storage and export systems.

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Posted 15/11/06

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