Success Story: Oil & Gas

I. CUSTOMER ENVIRONMENT / PROJECT CONTEXT

Customer profile:

• Anadarko Algeria Corporation, a subsidiary of Anadarko U.S., in association with Sonatrach, has been at the origin of the biggest recent oil discoveries worldwide.
• As one of the oil reserves of the Ghadames Basin in the East Algerian Sahara desert, Hassi-Berkine - Sud is estimated to contain more than 1 billion barrels of oil. Sonatrach/Anadarko awarded Brown & Root - Condor, a joint venture between Sonatrach and Halliburton, the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract for this first development stage which produces 60,000 barrels/day.

Customer objective and constraints:

To place a turnkey order with a reliable manafacturer, able to carry out the project in a short time.

II. SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION

Implementation methodology (main phases):

• Letter of award: October 1996
• Order technically released: February 1997
• Delivery date: August 1997
• Commissioning: January-March 1998
• First Oil: April 1998

Duration:

From October 1996 to March 1998.

Solution overview (services, products, systems, architectures...):

• Turnkey project management
  
• Engineering and design
  
• MV and LV equipement
  
• On site installation and commissioning supervision

III. RESULTS / ACHIEVEMENT

Customer benefits:

• Turnkey project management
• Fast track project
• Maximum flexibility in late modification requests