China National Offshore Oil Engineering has announced the groundbreaking of Bul Hanine project in Qatar. It involves the construction of more than 60 standalone offshore oil and gas facilities and 40 subsea pipelines and cables, as well as modification of in?service platforms and decommissioning and removal of obsolete platforms. The China National Offshore Oil Engineering is undertaking the project under an integrated EPIC scope covering engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation, offshore installation and commissioning. The project team has established a full?cycle integrated management and control mechanism, with dedicated plans developed for key links including process interfaces, risk isolation and resource allocation. (October 2026)

• QP is planning a multi-billion-dollar scheme for development of the 45,000bpd Bul Hanine field. (2012)
• QP has received the pre-qualification documents on phase II of gas field redevelopment project. The ITB is expected to be issued in the second quarter, depending on the results for the project go-ahead to be given by Aker, who is in the final stages of a pre-feed feasibility study for the Bul Hanine project. (March 2016)
• QP has received the pre-qualification documents on phase II of gas field redevelopment project. The ITB is expected to be issued in the second quarter, depending on the results for the project go-ahead to be given by Aker, who is in the final stages of a pre-feed feasibility study for the Bul Hanine project. (March 2016)
• Survey specialists operating from the Fugro Proteus, Pacific Grouse, and Bourbon Enterprise vessels will conduct geotechnical and geophysical assessments to support the redevelopment of the offshore Bul Hanine and Maydan Mahzam fields. They will work alongside geo-consultancy teams undertaking foundation assessments and advising on pipe-soil interaction. (April 2022)
• QatarEnergy has received technical bids for the three EPC packages of the Bul Hanine offshore field expansion project. (January 2025)  
• QatarEnergy has received commercial bids for the three EPC packages of the Bul Hanine offshore field expansion project. (July 2025)
• QatarEnergy has awarded the EPC contracts worth $4bn to China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) for the Bul Hanine offshore oil field development expansion project. COOEC has won two of the three main EPC packages for a project to maintain and increase the oil production potential of the Bul Hanine offshore oil field. The EPC works on the first package cover - expansion of existing offshore production stations, construction of utilities platform, installation of gas-injection platform and riser platform, modifications to existing structures and installation of safety and security systems. The EPC works on the second package cover - installation of brownfield hookups, flowlines, and associated offshore infrastructure. COOEC has appointed US-based KBR to provide detailed engineering services for the first and second EPC packages. Doha Petroleum Construction Company (Dopet) was earlier selected for the third EPC package of the project. Through this project, QatarEnergy intends to increase and stabilize the field’s output to 93,000 bpd. (September 2025)
• QatarEnergy has awarded a contract to KBR for the detailed design and engineering services for the Bul Hanine offshore oil field development expansion project. (November 2025)
• The China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) has awarded a contract to Wood to deliver the detailed design for QatarEnergy’s Bul Hanine EPIC2 project. Wood will support COOEC to design an optimized solution for the field’s complex pipeline network to enhance production capacity and extend asset life. Wood will undertake the design of 25 pipelines, including ensuring safe interaction where pipelines cross existing infrastructure and managing thermal expansion to protect long-term integrity, alongside crossing analysis for 15 umbilicals and two power cables. (May 2026)