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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group, in JV with Taknia Libya Engineering Co. (Taknia), has been awarded a FEED contract by Nafusah Oil Operations B.V. for an oil development on Area 47. Nafusah Oil operations is a joint operating company comprised of PT Medco Energi Internasional and its partners NOC and the Libyan Investment Authority.
The Area 47 development will be located on the block’s North Hamada field in the Ghadames Basin.
The planned development will consist of approximately 34 producing wells, including 11 existing wells and approximately 23 new wells, flow-lines, and a common gathering trunk-line to transport the well fluids to the central gas oil separation facility for primary treatment. After separation, the oil and gas produced will be exported through new pipelines that will be connected into existing pipelines carrying products to the Mellitah delivery terminal, in the northwest of Libya, on the Mediterranean Sea, for export. The planned design capacity of the gas oil separation facility is 50,000 bpd of oil, 90 Mmcf/d of gas, and associated water (to be re-injected into the reservoirs).
“Foster Wheeler has been involved in the Area 47 Development Project for some time, having completed the conceptual study in 2012 and worked on the FEED definition in 2013,” said Roberto Penno, CEO, Foster Wheeler Global Engineering and Construction Group. “Area 47 is located in a relatively remote part of Libya, so the facilities are being designed on a modular basis in order to minimize on-site construction and installation activities, and to accommodate future expansion.”
“Taknia Libya Engineering Company looks forward to the joint execution of this FEED project with Foster Wheeler,” said Tayeb Said, Managing Director. “We hope this partnership will open the door for more co-operation between the two parties to execute more projects in the Libyan market and more significantly help enhance the technology transfer program that Taknia is implementing.”
“To achieve first oil production by the end of 2016, Nafusah is looking forward to have this FEED project completed on schedule or even before in order to start the second phase of the project as early as possible in 2015,” said Mohamed Jamaleddin, Chairman of the Operating Management Committee, Nafusah Oil Operations B.V. Libyan Branch. “We trust that the in-depth technical expertise of the Foster Wheeler and Taknia joint venture will ensure the successful and safe delivery of a high quality project for Nafusah.”
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