US contractor KBR has been awarded pre-front end engineering design (FEED) and project support services contracts by BP.
The work is in connection with the development of the Tortue / Ahmeyim field offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
KBR won the contracts under its global services agreement with the supermajor.
The project support will cover the design of the subsea, pre-treatment floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility, inshore hub/terminal, and interfaces for floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) for the Tortue Project.
Jay Ibrahim, KBR President, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) said: “KBR is pleased to offer our world-class engineering design expertise to continue to support this significant project from its early stages and to help BP and its partners develop an LNG hub for Mauritania and Senegal.
“This award confirms KBR’s strategic commitment to and builds upon our ongoing relationship with BP for engineering services around the globe.”
KBR’s pre-FEED work is expected to be performed over the next six months.
The work will be executed from KBR’s London office which has played a key role in multiple recent BP projects including the Glen Lyon FPSO and Shah Deniz Phase II projects.
The contract value has not been disclosed.
The Tortue field is estimated to contain more than 15 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas.
The total acreage, which is bigger than the Greater Houston area, at 33,000 square kilometres, could contain a further 50 trillion cubic feet.
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