Project Profile
Value: US$1,522 million
Location: Neutral Zone, Ratawi, Saudi Arabia
Reserves: unknown
Start-up Year: 2012
The project will see the expansion of the Hout field onshore production facilities.
- Package 1: Construction of storage tanks TK7 and 8, buffer tank TK30, pumping stations and flowlines.
The tanks will be built alongside existing storage facilities and will be connected by a 20in pipeline to ship loading facilities.
-Package 2: 75,000 bpd gas-oil separation plant (GOSP) and a 125 million cf/d gas processing plant.
There will also be a 15 month maintenance service contract for crude storage tanks TK 121, 123 and ATK 6. The contract will see the installation of safety protection measures and associated systems. The scheme is part of a US$1,800 million five-year investment programme to increase crude output by 100,000 bpd to 700,000 bpd. The project will help recover the associated gas, which is currently being flared.
Operator:
Al-Khafji Joint Operations Co (KJO): Operator
Contractors:
Toyo Engineering Corporation: FEED contract
Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC): EPC - Supply and installation of new crude oil loading pump and related facilities
McDermott Internartional: McDermott received a large contract amendment from Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) for a platform in the Hout field, located 26 miles east of Al-Khafji. Work on the brownfield project to be executed through the second quarter of 2017 and is included in McDermott’s first quarter 2015 backlog. The large contract amendment is an addition to the initial scope for KJO’s Hout project awarded to McDermott in March 2012. The original scope was for an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) project for structures including a tripod jacket, deck and flare tower and some 26 miles of 24-inch subsea pipeline. Additionally, McDermott was to carry out modifications to a number of existing platforms in the Hout field through its dedicated brownfield division in Jebel Ali. The scope includes EPCI for one new platform and two bridges with a total weight of approximately 3,300 tons, including significant modifications at the existing complex. Engineering is expected to be carried out by McDermott’s detailed engineering teams. Structures are scheduled to be fabricated at the Company’s Dubai-based fabrication facility. Vessels from the McDermott global fleet are scheduled to undertake the installation work.