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QP selects Honeywell as contractor

for LNG expansion

QATAR QATAR Petroleum (QP) has selected Honeywell alarm management and plant operation infor-
to be the main instrument and control contrac- mation systems. In addition, its cybersecurity
Honeywell will be the tor for its North Field East (NFE) project. The technology and services will be used to help
main instrument and project is being developed by Qatargas on QP’s safeguard the project infrastructure.
control contractor for behalf to underpin Qatar’s expansion of lique- Honeywell also said its Industrial Internet of
its North Field East faction capacity by 43% from 77mn tonnes per Things-enabled Lean Execution for Automa-
project. year to 110mn tpy. tion Projects (LEAP) methodology would be
The project entails the development of four deployed. The LEAP approach provides more
new LNG mega-trains as well as associated facil- predictable construction costs and enables
ities. Production from the expansion is due to remote project engineering from anywhere in
start in 2025. the world, it added. Honeywell said it would
Honeywell said in an October 22 statement implement smart junction boxes (SJB) technol-
that its technology would provide the NFE pro- ogy for control and safety systems to reduce the
ject with “streamlined automation and safety number of instrumentation cabinets compared
systems while reducing schedule risks and with previous technologies. It expects this to
delivering [capital expenditure] efficiencies”. The allow for faster project execution and reduced
company’s instrumentation and control systems installation costs.
will be integrated into the NFE main control “We’re delighted to play a central role in the
building in Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) largest and most ambitious LNG project in the
and instrument technical rooms (ITRs) will be world,” stated Honeywell’s vice-president of
located throughout the process area, it said. global strategic projects, Tarek Nahl. “Our tech-
The system will include Honeywell’s control nologies will aid Qatargas in reaching its pro-
and safety solutions, operator training simula- duction targets more efficiently while helping it
tion, multi-variable process control, pipelines achieve its safety, reliability, security and profit-
management, instrument asset management, ability metrics.” ™

REFINING

Workers protest at Dangote oil refinery

NIGERIA NIGERIAN workers demonstrated on Novem- The refinery is being erected at the Lekki free
ber 3 over pay issues outside the 650,000 barrel trade zone some 70 km east of Lagos, Nigeria’s
Nigeria is in the grip of per day (bpd) refinery Dangote is developing commercial capital. Nigeria is counting on the
civil unrest. near Lagos. The protests come at a time when $10bn project, due on stream in two years, to
Nigeria is in the grip of civil unrest, triggered by end its dependence on fuel imports and even
outrage over civil and human rights abuses. produce a surplus for export. Dangote said
Dangote said the protestors were not its this month that the refinery had reached 80%
employees but were subcontractors in a dispute completion.
with their employers. “The situation is under Lagos has seen weeks of protests against pol-
control, as we are mediating with the parties icy brutality that culminated in the shooting of
involved,” the Nigerian conglomerate said. peaceful protestors by military and police on
Posts on Twitter showed several dozen peo- October 20, according to Amnesty International.
ple gathered at the construction site, noting that In some areas the protests have turned into riot-
they were “fighting for their rights.” They are pro- ing and looting.
testing over low wages and poor working condi- Dangote is also building a granulated urea
tions, reports state. Police have been at the scene. fertiliser plant in Lekki that is due to start pro-
Dangote refuted reports that a worker had duction in late 2021. Its launch was expected
been shot and killed by police. Video footage earlier but was delayed as a result of the pan-
shared on social media showed a tense but demic. The company explained that coronavi-
non-violent standoff between protesters and rus (COVID-19) lockdowns in some countries
police, but what appears to be gunshots can be supplying equipment for the project had affected
heard at one point. its progress. ™

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