UK construction firm Carillion subsidiary has announced that it has been awarded a US$124.6mn contract by BP for Khazzan gas project in Oman
According to Carillion Alawi, the deal centres on plans to build the operational base and accommodation complex for the project.
The contract involves the construction of accommodation facilities, including an operational base, a residential complex for 250 personnel and other infrastructure buildings in the Khazzan gas field, approximately 350 km south west of Muscat.
Work on the contract is expected to start in September 2015 and is scheduled for completion in mid 2017.
Carillion chief executive Richard Howson said, “We are delighted to have been selected by BP for this important contract, which I believe reflects our reputation for safely delivering high quality, sustainable solutions and we look forward to working with BP in Oman.”
The Khazzan tight gas field project represents the first phase in the development of one of the Middle East region’s largest unconventional tight gas accumulations, which has the potential to be a major new source of gas supply for Oman for many decades.
The project involves drilling of around 300 wells over the next 15 years and will achieve production of around 28.3mn cu/m of gas per day, equivalent to an increase of around one-third of Oman’s total daily domestic gas supply.
