ABB to build $574-million gas processing plant in Algeria
26 Jul 2000
ABB has been awarded an order valued at US$ 574 million, together with Petrofac International Ltd. of the US, to design and build a natural gas processing plant for the Ohanet gas fields in Algeria. The order was placed by a consortium led by BHP Petroleum of Australia.
Under the terms of the contract, ABB is responsible for the design, procurement and construction of the plant, which will process natural gas into LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) and condensates used in fuel, chemical feedstocks, and other applications. The plant will have an output of 30,400 barrels a day (b/d) of condensate, 27,700 b/d of LPG and 665 million cubic feet a day of pipeline quality gas. Production from the plant is expected to begin in late 2003.
The Ohanet fields lie on the northern edge of the Sahara desert, about 1,300 kilometers southeast of Algiers and 100 kilometers west of the Libyan border.
