NPCC and Technip awarded joint $800m contract

Abu Dhabi: A consortium made up of the Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) and French group Technip have been awarded a contract worth $800 million (Dh2.9 billion) to build offshore facilities at an oilfield in the capital, an industry source familiar with the developments told Gulf News on Tuesday.

The contract is for the first phase of Zakum Development Co’s (Zadco) expansion at its offshore oilfield located in the Arabian Gulf, 84 kilometres from Abu Dhabi.

NPCC will lead the consortium and undertake the entire fabrication and offshore installation and modification works.

Technip’s operating centre in Abu Dhabi will undertake the overall engineering for the project.

The consortium will jointly manage the associated procurement, cable installation, onshore construction and commissioning.

“The scope of work for the awarded package includes 240km of sub-sea pipelines, 128km of sub-sea composite and fibre optic cables, almost 30,000 tonnes of offshore/onshore structures including jackets, riser platforms, flare towers, bridges, modules, 37 initial production well facilities on artificial islands, extensive brownfield modifications at the existing Zakum central complex and at seven wellhead platforms,” NPCC said in a statement.

The project will take three years to complete.