The revalidation of the front-end engineering and design (feed) work for the project to develop the disputed Dorra gas field is 30 percent complete. The feed revalidation is being done by France’s Technip Energies, which could give it an advantage when it comes to the award of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the project.
One source said: “This project is going to be fast-tracked. The fact that Technip is already very familiar with the details of this project is going to put it in an advantageous position when it comes to the main contract award and the prospect of rapidly executing this project.”
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are cooperating to develop the offshore field, which was originally discovered in 1965. The original feed for a project to develop the field was created more than a decade ago. It needs to be updated due to changes in technology before the project can reach a final investment decision. Regional disputes have delayed the field’s development. Stakes in the field are claimed by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran, where it is known as Arash.
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait both claim that Iran has no legal basis for its claim and they are planning to jointly develop the resource without Iran’s involvement.
Al-Sabah said that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait expect to produce about 1 billion standard cubic feet a day of gas from the asset and have agreed to split gas from the field equally between themselves.
It was announced in September that Saudi Aramco and KPC had selected Technip Energies as the preferred contractor to carry out the pre-feed and feed work on the project to develop the disputed field.
