Qatar Fabrication Company (QFAB) is nearing the completion of the construction and loadout of five Wellhead Jackets, for its client McDermott Intl. on the for the QatarEnergy LNG North Field South (NFS) project.

The total Jackets weigh approximately 18,000 tons and were loaded out from QFAB’s facility in the QatarEnergy owned and Nakilat operated Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan Industrial City at the heart of Qatar’s energy sector. This important milestone is the culmination of more than 4.3M LTI-free work hours of fabrication and constructing the process module.

“This is an incredible milestone on the largest scope of offshore construction of its kind ever built in Qatar. We are immensely proud that our work at QFAB contributes to the Qatar National Vision 2030 and is in line with the Tawteen and QatarEnergy’s In-Country Value (ICV) initiatives. “The sail away of the Jackets is of key importance for the NFS Project as it marks the conclusion of onshore construction, and with this the remaining installation and hook-up work on NFS will take place offshore where the jackets will be integrated with the wellhead topsides at the NFS site.” said John Macpherson, QFAB’s Managing Director.

The Wellhead Jackets will be a crucial part of the NFS project development which will add new offshore wellhead topsides, pipelines, and onshore facilities to boost LNG production for export. The new development will add fifty wells on five wellhead platforms (WHP’s) located approximately 20-30 km from Ras Laffan with a water depth variation of 18 to 24 meters in the North Field. The five WHPs shall feed two (2) LNG mega trains, one pair of WHPs shall support one LNG mega train. Each pair of WHPs are connected through an intrafield pipeline tying into a trunk line.