Doha, February 25 (QNA): QatarEnergy has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the onshore LNG plant of the North Field West (NFW) project, the final phase of Qatar’s LNG expansion that will increase the country’s LNG production capacity to 142 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

The EPC contract was awarded to a joint venture comprising Technip Energies, Consolidated Contractors Company, and Gulf Asia Contractor. The agreement was signed by HE Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of QatarEnergy, Eng. Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi, CEO of Technip Energies Arnaud Pieton, Chairman of CCC Samer Khoury, and Chairman and Managing Director of GAC Ravi Pillai, during a signing ceremony held at QatarEnergy’s headquarters in Doha.

The scope of the onshore EPC contract includes the construction of two LNG mega-trains with a combined production capacity of 16 MTPA, in addition to facilities for gas treatment, natural gas liquids recovery, and helium extraction. The project is also expected to produce approximately 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of condensate, ethane, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

On the occasion, Eng. Al Kaabi said the contract represents a significant milestone in the world’s largest LNG expansion project and reaffirms Qatar’s commitment to meeting growing global demand for LNG. He noted that the North Field West project follows the North Field East (32 MTPA) and North Field South (16 MTPA) projects, with a strong focus on sustainability, including a carbon capture and sequestration capacity of 1.1 MTPA. The first LNG cargo from the NFW project is expected by the end of 2031.