Project Name :Maintain Gas Compression Capacity
Contract : 44349/00
Location : Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia
Client : Technip / Saudi Aramco
Construction Period : 20 Months

MAC was entrusted by Technip-France, as a main sub-contractor, to carry out the multi-discipline civil, buildings, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, insulation, and painting construction works for Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq Plants expansion. The project consisted of:

• A new 100 MMSCFD capacity gas compression train B, Plant 499 including a Heat Recovery Steam Generator

• A new by-passable heat recovery steam generator in existing train A

• Three new buildings on Lump Sum Turnkey basis:
• Electrical Substation # 88.
• Team Building.
• Operator Shelter (the former was demolished)

• Modification of existing buildings:
• Electrical Substations #19, #20, #38 and #83
• Process Interface Building – PIB 17

• A new 700 MMSCFD flare system including installation of 5,700m of 60” piping in existing operational live pipe racks, KO drum and 90m flare.

The works included a shutdown period with the unit in operation, involving execution of up to 60 tie-ins and hot-taps up to 20m elevation and was subjected to special authorizations delivered by SAUDI ARAMCO/TECHNIP under strict Quality and Safety regulations