VOL. XXXIX

No. 26

25-March-1996

QATAR

NPCC Completes Construction Of Offshore Platform For Qatargas

The Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has announced that it has completed work on the 7,500-ton topside platform for the Qatargas LNG project. Qatargas awarded the construction contract to a consortium comprising NPCC and Technip Geoproduction of France in December 1993 (MEES, 27 December 1993/3 January 1994).

The eight-legged topside, one of the heaviest...