Sonatrach issued the following announcement on June 9.

A consortium made up of SONATRACH and its two partners PTTEP and PVEP, on the one hand, and the Italian company specialized in Mayor Engineering Tecnimont, on the other hand, have signed an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract for the completion of a second Oil Treatment train (CPF) at the Bir Sebaa field, 40 km from Hassi Messaoud, said a company press release.

This project, whose contract was awarded in March 2018 following a call for tenders, constitutes “the 2nd phase of development of the Bir Sebaa field which will allow the processing of an additional production of 20,000 barrels / day of oil in order to to increase the production of these fields up to 40,000 barrels / day ”, specifies the press release.

The services and supplies of this EPC contract, signed on Monday, include in particular the detailed engineering studies, the supply of equipment and materials, construction as well as commissioning tests.

The project involves the construction of an oil treatment train, associated gas compression unit, gas lift unit, water injection unit for maintaining pressure, a third turbogenerator (18MW), as well as the connection of 33 wells (19 oil producers and 14 water injectors), specifies the same source (APS)

Original source: https://sonatrach.com/actualites/hydrocarbures-sonatrach-signe-un-contrat-avec-maire-tecnimont/