J Ray McDermott, SA (J Ray) has announced the award of a contract by Qatargas 3 (QG3) and Qatargas 4 (QG4) for construction engineering, transportation and installation of two 38-inch-dia pipelines, totalling 130 km in length as well as two 22-inch-dia interconnecting pipelines of 0.5 km each, in Qatar’s North Field. The pipelines will connect three wellhead platforms, WHP7, WHP8 and WHP9, with the onshore facilities at Ras Laffan Industrial City.

“Winning this project signifies our customer’s confidence in our capability to handle major projects with successful results,” said Hafez Aghili, J Ray’s senior vice president and general manager of the Middle East and India. “Construction work is underway on the three associated wellhead topsides (WHP7, WHP8 and WHP9) that were awarded to us in 2006. As such, we’ll be able to offer greater synergy for the pipeline project as based on our project team’s experience.”
The project will be executed by J Ray’s Jebel Ali-based project team and marine equipment. The scope of work also involves laying a total of 138 km of combined power and fibre-optic cables interconnecting the wellhead platforms with the onshore facilities, as well as two 0.5-km-long 22-inch-dia intra-field pipelines. These intra-field pipelines are fabricated with corrosion-resistant alloy material.