QatarEnergy has announced the award of a $10 billion contract for the North Field South (NFS) project to a joint venture of Technip Energies and Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC).

The NFS project comprises of two LNG mega trains with a combined capacity of 16 million tons per annum (mtpa).

NFS, together with the North Field East (NFE) project, will increase Qatar’s LNG production capacity from the current 77 mtpa to 126 mtpa. QatarEnergy holds a 75% interest in the NFS project and has already signed partnership agreements with TotalEnergies, Shell, and ConocoPhillips for the remaining 25%.

The EPC contract’s scope covers the construction of two mega LNG trains with a capacity of 8 mt[a each, with associated facilities for gas treatment, natural gas liquids recovery, as well as helium extraction and refining within Ras Laffan Industrial City.

In addition to the carbon capture and sequestration facilities, the environmental attributes of the NFS project also include importing a significant portion of the project’s electrical power requirements from the grid in the form of renewable solar power, which will be generated at QatarEnergy’s solar power facilities currently under construction in Ras Laffan Industrial City.

It also includes a ‘jetty boil-off gas’ recovery system, which will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The project will also conserve five million cubic meters of water per year by recovering 75% of the plant’s tertiary water. Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions will also be minimized through the application of enhanced Dry Low NOx technology.