Project Profile

Value: US$6 billion
Location: Doha, Qatar
Start-up Year: 2014
Production: 260,000bpd but has the potential for 400,000bpd

Qatar Petroleum was to build a further grass roots refinery at Mesaieed Industrial City, Qatar, to process crude oil from the Al Shaheen field situated about 180km north of Doha and operated by Maersk Oil Qatar AS. However, in May 2010 Qatar Petroleum announced that the project was to be postponed indefinitely. The decision came after the project costs increased to more than US$6 billion.

Qatar Petroleum is instead planning to double the installed capacity at its 146,000bpd Ras Laffan, which was launched in September 2009. It will also concentrate on awarding contracts for a new refinery that will be similar to the Ras Laffan refinery by the end of 2010.

The Al Shaheen project was to be executed in two phases. The first phase was to involve the construction and operations of a hydrocracker and a crude distillation unit (CDU). The second phase included a fluidised catalytic cracking unit (FCCU).

The total cost of the project, including the refinery and pipeline, was estimated at $5bn. Qatar Petroleum was to finalise the prequalification and invite bids for the lump sum EPC construction contract by November 2008 and finalise the contract in November 2008. This was, however, postponed to March 2010, but did not happen because the announcement of indefinite postponement was made in May 2010. Interest was shown by a number of companies including: Daelim Industrial Company, GS Engineering & Construction, Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company and SK Engineering & Construction, Technip of France, Foster Wheeler and Washington Group International.

Operators:

Qatar Petroleum (QP): Operator with 100% interest

Contractors:

Consortium for pre-FEED contract:

Jacobs Engineering
Beicip

Technip: FEED contract