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France-based Technip Energies has announced that it has secured two five-year long-term agreements (LTAs) from Saudi Aramco for the provision of project management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services.

The first LTA covers front-end design and the coordination of PMC services for energy, downstream, petrochemical and low-carbon projects, the French contractor said in a statement.

The second LTA covers EPC services for brownfield and upgrade projects across Aramco’s onshore facilities, Technip Energies said.

“These agreements reinforce our longstanding relationship with Aramco and Saudi Arabia, where we’ve been continuously present since the 1970s, and reflect the breadth of our capabilities across project development, consultancy and execution,” the Euronext Paris-listed company said.

MEED reported in May that Technip Energies was one of 11 local and international engineering firms selected by Aramco to form a new pool of PMC service providers, and one of 18 contractors selected to form a pool of brownfield EPC providers.

Aramco signed LTAs with the selected companies for the PMC service provider pool at a ceremony at its Dhahran headquarters on 30 April. The agreements have a duration of five years, with an option to extend for a further three years. The companies were:

• Engineers India (India)
• Fluor (US)
• IDOM (Spain)
• KBR (US)
• Kent (UAE)
• Sinopec (China) / Sinopec Nanjing Engineering Company (China)
• SNC Lavalin Fayez Engineering (Saudi Arabia) + McDermott (US)
• Technip Energies (France)
• Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain) / TR Saudia (local branch)
• Wood (UAE)
• Worley (Australia)

Dubai-headquartered Kent previously announced that it had been awarded LTAs to provide both PMC and EPC services for Aramco.

Worley also confirmed its selection for Aramco’s PMC service-provider pool, saying the services will be delivered through its offices in Saudi Arabia and the UK, with support from global offices including the Global Integrated Delivery team.

Irving, Texas-headquartered Fluor also previously announced its PMC agreement with Aramco, saying: “The LTA covers future opportunities for pre-front-end engineering design (pre-feed), feed, engineering, project management, procurement oversight, construction management and programme execution services across a range of upstream, downstream, petrochemical and infrastructure developments.”

Pool of brownfield EPC contractors

In addition to selecting firms for its PMC services pool, Aramco awarded LTAs to the following 18 contractors (including Kent) for brownfield EPC services at the same ceremony in Dhahran on 30 April:

• Abdulhasan Group (Saudi Arabia)
• Archirodon (Greece)
• Bin Quraya (Saudi Arabia)
• China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (China)
• Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (Egypt)
• Engineering Procurement & Project Management (Tunisia)
• Gas Arabian Services (Saudi Arabia)
• GS Engineering & Construction (South Korea) / GS Construction Arabia (local branch)
• Kalpataru Projects International (India)
• Kent (UAE)
• Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (India)
• M R Al-Khathlan Company for Contracting (Saudi Arabia)
• Max Streicher (Germany/Italy)
• National Basics Company (Saudi Arabia)
• New Horizons Contracting & Maintenance Company (Saudi Arabia)
• Sinopec (China) / Sinopec Nanjing Engineering Company (China)
• Technip Energies (France)
• Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain) / TR Saudia (local branch)

The scope of services covered under the LTA for brownfield EPC contractors includes the following activities across the kingdom’s Eastern Province and Shaybah areas:

• Onshore oil/gas/water well tie-ins and hookups
• Miscellaneous and capital projects
• Site preparation
• Power, communication, control, and security projects including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (Scada) systems and remote terminal units (RTUs)
• Project management, engineering, fabrication, coating, procurement, material management and direct construction services
• Testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning and mechanical completion
• Camp and office construction, operations and maintenance
• Modifications, improvements and upgrades to existing onshore facilities
• Fencing and general onshore civil and structural works

The LTAs for brownfield EPC works span seven geographical zones:

1. Northern Area Zone NA-1: Includes plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Manifa, Safaniyah, Wasit, Abu Hadriyah, Fadhili and Khursaniyah.
2. Northern Area Zone NA-2: Encompasses plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Berri, Abu Ali Island and Qatif.
3. Southern Area Zone SA-1: Covers plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Dammam, Abqaiq, Aindar, Shedgum and Farzan.
4. Southern Area Zone SA-2: Comprises plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Haradh and Harmaliyah.
5. Southern Area Zone SA-3: Spans plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Khurais/Mazalij/Abu Zifan, Central Arabia/Hawtah/Layl, and Nuayyim.
6. Southern Area Zone SA-4: Incorporates plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Hawiyah and Uthmaniyah.
7. Shaybah Area Zone SHYB-1: Focuses on plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Shaybah.

In addition to the newly created LTA pools for PMC services and brownfield EPC works – and excluding the GES+ engineering group – Aramco maintains two LTA contractor groupings for offshore and onshore oil and gas capital projects.

Photo credit: Technip Energies via LinkedIn