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On July 20, 2020 the company launches MIDDLE EAST encountered – will be used to optimise jacket
non-binding Market Screening for new platform pile foundation design, and pipeline
transmission capacities in the National Fugro completes Phase 1 of and cable-route engineering, in Qatar’s North
Transmission System (NTS), which may be Field.
made available as a result of making available site investigation contract Gerard Ferreira, Fugro’s Director for
regasification capacities of LNG Terminal Marine Geophysics in the Middle East,
FSRU type along with its integration with the for Qatargas North Field said: “Continuing from previous projects
transmission system by creating a Physical for Qatargas’ North Field Production, this
Entry Point from the LNG Terminal to the Fugro has completed the first phase of their latest project benefits from more efficient
NTS. The floating storage and regasification multidisciplinary offshore site investigation processing and in-country mobilisation of
unit (FSRU) will be located in the area of for Qatargas’ North Field Production assets, demonstrating how we constantly
Gdansk Sustainability’s Compression Phase. strive to improve our services for clients such
It is assumed that the new LNG Terminal The fieldwork started in March and, as Qatargas to provide sustainable solutions in
will allow regasification of at least 4.5bn m3 while phase one marks completion of the an ever-changing industry.“
per year, but the final decision on the technical geophysical scope, the geotechnical scope in The North Field is the largest non-
capacities of the LNG regasification terminal, phase two will run as planned until August associated gas field in the world and is located
and thus offered capacity, will depend largely this year. The fieldwork is being performed 80 nautical miles off the north coast of Qatar.
on market interest submitted under this by in-country project teams from Fugro’s FUGRO, July 21, 2020
procedure and then confirmed in the binding dedicated vessels Proteus and Adventurer
phase of the market demand survey. and includes cone penetration testing and
GAZ-SYSTEM, July 21, 2020 P-S logging results. The final deliverables –
comprising a bathymetric and geophysical
survey and a geotechnical appraisal of the soils

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