Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Kharg Island
Production: 403MMcf/d of methane, 2,196t/d of propane, 2,547b/d of pentane and 4,998b/d of condensate
The Kharg Island gas gathering and natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery project is being developed by the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC). The project involves construction of a gas treatment plant and an NGL recovery facility at Kharg Island in Iran. The two facilities will receive and process gas from both onshore and offshore sources.
About 300MMcfg/d of gas will be gathered from offshore fields and another 300MMcfg/d from onshore processing facilities. Onshore gas will be fed from the Aboozar; Dorood I, II and III; and Foroozan oil processing facilities. Offshore gas will be gathered from the Aboozar, Bahregansar, Foroozan, Nowrooz and Soroosh fields.
The project will help in reducing flaring of 600MMcf/d-700MMcf/d of gas from these fields. It will also help Iran follow the guidelines of the Kyoto protocol to reduce flaring.
John Brown Hydrocarbons carried out the basic engineering and FEED studies for the onshore facilities of the project. The FEED study for the marine export facilities was carried out by Royal Haskoning.
The EPC contract was originally given to a consortium of Japan\'s JGC Corporation and South Korea\'s Daewoo Engineering and Construction in May 2004. The companies withdrew from the project in June 2004 citing rising steel and transportation costs. The IOOC later awarded the contract to the Iran International Engineering Company (IRITEC).
IRITEC subcontracted Tehran Raymand Consulting Engineers to carry out detailed design of the interconnecting area and the common utilities of various facilities of the project.
IRITEC awarded a US$66.7 million contract to Gulf Piping and Petrochemical Industries Design and Engineering for fabrication and installation of the gas compression platforms at Bahregansar and Aboozar. The companies will also be responsible for installing bridge links between the existing oil production platforms at the fields and the new gas compression platforms.
Siirtec Nigi was appointed the EPC contractor for acid gas removal and NGL plants.
The project is expected to produce 403MMcf/d of methane, 2,196t/d of propane, 2,547b/d of pentane and 4,998b/d of condensate. It will also produce 1,253t/d of butane and 62MMcf/d of ethane. These products will be supplied as feedstock to olefin, methanol and petrochemical industries on Kharg Island.
Operators:
Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC): Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
John Brown Hydrocarbons: Basic engineering and FEED studies for the onshore facilities of the project
Royal Haskoning: FEED study for the marine export facilities
Consortium for EPC contract withdrew in June 2004
JGC Corporation
Daewoo Engineering and Construction
IRITEC/IRITEC: New EPC contractor as of Nov 2010
Subcontractors:
Tehran Raymand Consulting Engineers: Detailed design of the interconnecting area and the common utilities of various facilities of the project
Gulf Piping and Petrochemical Industries Design and Engineering: fabrication and installation of the gas compression platforms at Bahregansar and Aboozar
Siirtec Nigi: Acid gas removal and NGL plants