$1 billion for Petrofac

Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider, has received an EPC contract with Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to build the second phase of the Harweel Cluster Development in southern Oman.

This contract, valued at just under $1 billion, will be executed over three years through Petrofac’s Engineering & Construction division from its base in Sharjah, UAE.

Petrofac is tasked with the project management, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, training and support during commissioning of the project. This phase of the project includes a new oil and gas processing station within the Harweel cluster with a gas enrichment/sweetening plant.

Additionally, there are facilities for 5 million m3/d gas injection into the Zalzala oilfield, additional gathering facilities, facilities for gas depletion at the Rabab field, and modifications to the existing Harweel processing station.

The first phase of the Harweel development was completed in the first quarter of 2004 and has already enabled the early production of some 2,000 m3/d of oil. The overall development programme is set to significantly increase Oman’s oil production over the next ten years.