Name of the Project
North Field East liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
Location
Ras Laffan, north-east Qatar.
Project Owner/s
Qatargas, a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum.
Project Description
The North Field East LNG project is being developed as part of the first phase of the North Field expansion project.
The project entails the delivery of four megatrains, each with a capacity of about eight-million tons a year of LNG and associated utility facilities. It will include a large carbon dioxide carbon capture and sequestration facility, leading to a more than 25% reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions, compared with those of similar LNG facilities.
Other equipment that will be installed includes refrigerant compressor trains, cryogenic heat exchangers, subcooling heat exchangers, Rotoflow turbomachinery high-pressure compressor-loaded turboexpanders, and nitrogen economiser cold boxes.
The new facilities will receive about six-billion standard cubic feet a day of feed gas from the eastern sector of Qatar’s North Field, which is the biggest nonassociated gasfield in the world.
The expansion project will produce about 33-million tons a year of additional LNG, increasing Qatar’s total production from 77-million tons a year to 110-million tons a year.
The second phase of the North Field expansion, known as the North Field South project, is expected to further increase the LNG production capacity of Qatar from 110-million tons a year to 126-million tons a year by 2027.
Potential Job Creation
Not stated.
Capital Expenditure
Not stated.
Planned Start/End Date
Production is expected to start in 2025.
Latest Developments
None stated.
Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
Baker Hughes (four main refrigerant compressor trains for the North Field East LNG project, which includes 12 gas turbines and 24 centrifugal compressors); CTJV – a joint venture between Chiyoda Corporation and Technip Energies (engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract); Honeywell (instrumentation and control solutions to automate North Field East project); and Air Products (natural gas liquefaction process technology and equipment).
Contact Details for Project Information
Qatargas, tel +974 4473 6000.