BG Tunisia announced today that it has awarded
a major contract for the installation of
a compression package on the offshore Miskar
gas field to Bechtel Inc., of the USA.
The US$70 million project will involve modifications
to the Miskar platform and installation of
a single 20 megawatts gas turbine-driven
compressor, to be operational in 2004. This
is to allow the production plateau of the
field to be maintained for up to an additional
five years and to boost the total recovery
of gas from the field. Under a long-term
gas sales contract BG Tunisia supplies over
205 million standard cubic feet of gas per
day to Société Tunisienne de
l'Électricité et du Gaz (STEG),
Tunisia's state electricity and gas company.
Bechtel has contracted Siemens Demag Delaval
Turbomachinery Limited to begin manufacture
of the compressor package with Rolls Royce
Energy Systems supplying the gas turbine.
The compression package and associated facilities
will be housed in a 1,600 tonne module, which
will be installed in a single lift onto the
top deck of the Miskar platform. Construction
of the module is planned to begin in March
2003.
Martin Houston, Executive Vice President,
BG Group, said: "This major contract
award is a significant step in the longevity
of the Miskar gas field. The compression
project, in parallel with our current drilling
programme on Miskar, seeks to maximise the
production of indigenous reserves in co-operation
with the Tunisian Government. It has been
six years since BG Tunisia produced first
gas from the field and these measures further
underpin our commitment to offshore development
and the country's energy sector."
Notes to Editors
BG Group has been active in Tunisia for
over ten years and supplies approximately
60 per cent of the country's gas requirements
from the
BG-operated Miskar field.
BG Tunisia holds a 100 per cent interest
in the Miskar production concession and processes
the gas at the Hannibal plant.
The drilling programme taking place in the
Miskar field includes three development wells
using the Key Manhattan rig.
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