Petrofac wins contract for project in Algerian Sahara desert

16th May 2014 07:56

Oil and gas services provider Petrofac has scored a 970m-dollar contract with consortium Groupement Reggane for the Reggane North Development Project in the Algerian Sahara desert.Groupement Reggane, which includes Algerian state-owned company Sonatrach, Spain's Repsol Germany's RWE Dea AG and Edison of Italy, awarded Petrofac the 36-month contract for the gas gathering, treatment and export facilities package of the project. Petrofac will be undertaking the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up (EPCCS) of the gas treatment plant, gathering system and export pipeline.The Reggane project will bring on stream 26 wells from four fields in the Reggane basin.Subramanian Sarma, Managing Director of Petrofac's Onshore Engineering & Construction business, said: "I am delighted we have the opportunity to be working with the Groupement Reggane partners to deliver this strategically important upstream project. "The award also represents another important building block in our long association with Algeria where we have been operating successfully for more than 15 years."RD