JGC to build new Bahrain processing plant for LPG, naphtha recovery

1/29/2016

JGC Corp. announced today that it has received a contract to build gas processing facilities in Bahrain.

The country's gas processing project, located in the Bahrain oilfield area south of Awali and operated by the Bahrain National Gas Expansion Co. (B.S.C.)., calls for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the plant with a daily throughput capacity of 350 MMSCFD.

The project is scheduled for completion in September of 2018.

The value of the lump-sum turnkey basis contract is 40 billion yen. This project is intended to construct a plant for recovering high-value-added petroleum constituents (LPG, and naphtha) contained in petroleum-entrained gas which have not been recovered in the past

It is expected that, by exporting recovered petroleum constituents as commercial products, this plant will contribute to the development of the oil and gas industry in Bahrain.

For this project, the client adopted a front-end engineering design (FEED) design competition in which bidders carried out the FEED, and then prepared EPC proposals based on their FEED. This required that the contractor should have a high level of ability to offer technical solutions in all processes ranging from front end engineering to construction.

Starting with the construction of two new gas processing plants in the 1970s and 1980s, JGC says its involvement in Bahrain’s development has continued. The company notes that it has also carried out a substantial number of plant expansion and revamping projects in the country.

JGC says its success in being awarded this contract is a result of its superior ability to offer technical solutions and its cost competitiveness together with the high level of trust from the client.

JGC has a history of successfully completing numerous projects in the Middle East, where Bahrain is also planning a number of refinery projects.

"We look forward to playing a continuing role in the industrial and infrastructure growth of the region," the company said in a statement.