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W-Industries bags subsea contract for Mozambique LNG project
MOZAMBIQUE
France’s Total has chosen Texas-based W-Industries as its contractor for subsea support services related to the non-downstream components of the $20bn Mozambique LNG project.
FRANCE’S Total has chosen Texas-based W-Industries as its contractor for subsea sup- port services related to the non-downstream components of the $20bn Mozambique LNG project.
W-Industries said in a statement last week that it had been awarded the contract by Total E&P Mozambique Area 1, a subsidiary of the French major. It did not disclose the value of the deal, but it did say that it would be respon- sible for the engineering, manufacturing, auto- mation, integration and testing of the subsea equipment that Total E&P Mozambique Area 1 will use to develop Golfinho, one of the natu- ral gas-bearing areas within the offshore Area 1 licence.
To this end, the statement explained, W-In- dustries will supply two onshore subsea support equipment modules (OSSEMs) to Total E&P Mozambique Area 1. These modules will include integrated electrical and instrumentation build- ings, an MEG injection system, a methanol injection system, a subsea production hydraulic power unit and an independent chemical injec- tion skid with a fully integrated local process control and safety system, it said.
Donnie Smith, CEO of W-Industries, called the contract a “significant milestone” for his company. “Through the combination of our core products, advanced engineering capabilities and process automation expertise, we are able to deliver a fully integrated, turn-key module in support of the Mozambique LNG project,” he commented.
New sub-contractor
In related news, Total’s main contractor for the construction of the Mozambique LNG plant struck an agreement a 50:50 joint venture formed by Mota-Engil (Portugal) and Besix (Belgium). Mota-Engil unveiled the deal last week, saying that the venture had won a contract worth $365mn from CCS, an alliance formed by Chiyoda (Japan), McDermott (US) and Saipem (Italy).
The contract calls for Mota-Engil and Besix to build a pier bridge and an off-loading facility for the gas liquefaction plant that will use gas from Golfinho and other sections of Area 1 as feed- stock. The partners hope to begin work before the end of June and will take 32 months to finish construction.
Total E&P Mozambique Area 1 has a 26.5% stake in Mozambique LNG and serves as oper- ator of the project. The remaining equity is split between Mitsui (Japan), with 20%; Bharat Petro- leum (India), with 15%; Beas Rovuma Energy Mozambique (a 60:40 joint venture between ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and Oil India Ltd, or OIL), with 10%; Mozambique’s national oil company (NOC) ENH, with 10%; and PTTEP (Thailand), with 8.5%.
The partners have said they hope to begin extracting gas at Area 1 in 2024. They will pro- cess gas from the site at an onshore facility that will have two production trains, each with a capacity of 6.44mn tonnes per year (tpy). The plant will be Mozambique’s only onshore gas liq- uefaction facility.
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