QatarEnergy has awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities of its North Field West (NFW) project to a joint venture comprised of Technip Energies, Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), and Gulf Asia Contractor (GAC). This award marks the final phase of the expansion that will boost Qatar’s LNG production capacity to 142 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).
The contract encompasses the construction of two mega LNG trains with a combined capacity of 16 MTPA, along with associated facilities for gas treatment, natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery, and helium extraction. The project is expected to also produce approximately 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of condensate, ethane, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
“This contract represents a significant addition to the world’s largest LNG expansion project and reinforces Qatar’s commitment to meeting growing global LNG demand,” said Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President, and CEO of QatarEnergy.
Al-Kaabi added, “The North Field West project follows in the footsteps of the North Field East (32 MTPA) and South (16 MTPA) projects, placing strong emphasis on environmental performance. Key features include a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) capacity of 1.1 MTPA, which takes us closer towards achieving our target of capturing and sequestering more than 11 MTPA of CO2 by 2035.”
The North Field West project will also incorporate jetty boil-off gas recovery facilities, expected to recover the equivalent of 0.42 MTPA of CO2. Furthermore, a significant portion of its power requirements will be sourced from Qatar’s solar power plants.
First LNG from the project is anticipated by the end of 2031.
Qatar’s North Field, located off the country’s northeast coast, is one of the world’s largest natural gas fields, with recoverable reserves exceeding 900 trillion standard cubic feet—accounting for approximately 10% of the world’s known reserves. The field spans an area of more than 6,000 square kilometres.
In February 2024, QatarEnergy announced it would proceed with the North Field West expansion to raise national LNG capacity to 142 MTPA before the end of the decade. Additional gas quantities discovered in the North Field are estimated at 240 trillion cubic feet, elevating Qatar’s total gas reserves to more than 2,000 trillion cubic feet and condensate reserves to over 80 billion barrels.
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Post time: Feb-28-2026