Saipem wins EPC contract for Canadian oil sands project

Saipem has won a new engineering, procurement and construction contract from Canadian Natural Resources for its Horizon oil sands project in Canada.

Under the contract, Saipem will provide engineering, procurement and construction services for a secondary upgrader with a production capacity of 42,599 barrels per stream day of hydro-treated gas oil as part of the project’s phase II.

The scope of work includes the construction of a gas oil hydro-treating unit, common facilities, a wash water and rich amine system and the interconnecting pipe rack within the existing complex.

At full capacity, the project will produce 250,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil per day from 270,000 barrels of mined bitumen.

The engineering and design specification for the plant will be prepared by assembling documentation from the plant’s current design, which was constructed by Saipem in 2008.