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Saipem brings in Sinopec

unit for Berri work

SAUDI ARABIA ITALY’S Saipem has awarded a subcontract to a Saipem was awarded a $1.3bn contract by
subsidiary of Chinese firm Sinopec for engineer- Saudi Aramco in January 2019 for 10 production
ing, procurement and construction (EPC) work deck modules (PDMs) and multiple pipelines
on the expansion of Saudi Arabia’s Berri oil and under the programme, and the Italian firm is the
gas processing plant. lead EPC contractor for the BIP.
The $200mn contract with Sinopec Fifth Berri is located around 50 km north-west of
Construction Co. (SFCC) will include pipes, Aramco’s key Ras Tanura export terminal and its
steel structures, installation facilities and other estimated reserves of 8bn barrels of oil equiva-
infrastructure for the Berri expansion, which lent (boe) are being developed through projects
is comprised of an overhaul of facilities and located both on- and offshore.
expansion of the Abu Ali oil-gas separation Plant With the field having operated for around
(AAP) and the expansion of the Khursaniyah 40 years, the BIP is seeking to offset the decline
Gas Plant (KGP). of the mature asset, which produced more than
This will double the capacity of the 250,000 700,000 bpd during its peak in the 1970s.
barrel per day AAP, with the new KGP facilities A similar project is also ongoing to add
adding 40,000 bpd of condensate processing 300,000 bpd of capacity at the Marjan field.
capabilities. Meanwhile, Aramco also announced progress
The $6bn Berri Increment Programme (BIP), last year on the ‘Ain Dar and Fazran increment
which is scheduled to be commissioned in 2023, projects ahead of operations beginning later in
also includes a new water injection facility, two 2021 to add another 175,000 bpd to production
drilling islands, 11 oil and water offshore plat- capacity.
forms and nine onshore oil production and Work also began on the first phase of the
water supply drill sites to facilitate a doubling Dammam development project, which will
of upstream production to 500,000 bpd of Arab add another 25,000 bpd of capacity in 2024 and
Light. 50,000 bpd in 2026.™

Saudi Aramco’s
oilfields.

Source: Aramco

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