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News Release from: Foster-Wheeler | Subject: Manifa FEED project
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 November 2006
Saudi Aramco Manifa FEED project
Foster Wheeler has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) and project management services contract by Saudi Aramco for the Manifa Arabian Heavy Crude Programme
Foster Wheeler has announced that two subsidiaries in its Global Engineering and Construction Group, Foster Wheeler Energy and Foster Wheeler Arabia, have been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) and project management services contract by Saudi Aramco for the Manifa Arabian Heavy Crude Programme, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The terms of the contract were not disclosed, and the project will be included in their fourth-quarter 2006 bookings
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 7 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Manifa Arabian Heavy Crude Programme, planned for mid-2011 completion, includes the development of the giant offshore Manifa oilfield and the construction of gas-oil separation plants and crude stabilisation units and separators.
These additions will handle 900,000 barrels per day of Arabian heavy crude, plus sour associated gas, condensate and produced water.
The project also includes the expansion of the Khursaniyah Gas Plant to process the associated sour gas.
Completion of the FEED is planned for the third quarter of 2007.
The Foster Wheeler scope includes.
* The FEED for the onshore central processing facility, and the expansion of gas facilities at Khursaniyah.
* Detailed design support.
* Purchasing assistance for long-lead items.
* Coordination of the FEED development work performed by others for other elements of the programme, including the offshore facilities.
* Development of the bid package for the invitation to bid for engineering, procurement and construction of the onshore facilities.
"We are pleased that Saudi Aramco has entrusted Foster Wheeler with another of its major developments," said Steve Davies, chairman and chief executive officer of Foster Wheeler Energy.
"The upstream oil and gas sector and our excellent, long-standing relationship with Saudi Aramco are both strategically important for us.
We are committed to delivering another high quality project which meets or exceeds all of the Saudi Aramco expectations".
"Providing the world with a reliable supply of energy is one of the Saudi Aramco core objectives, and the Manifa project with 900,000 barrels per day of production capacity is an important part of that," said Mohammad A.
Al-Juwair, Saudi Aramco acting executive director of Project Management: "Saudi Aramco is committed to the timely completion of this massive project, and we are confident that working with Foster Wheeler will help us meet our ambitious timeline.".
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