Nationwide Petroleum Building Firm (NPCC), a subsidiary of Nationwide Marine Dredging Firm, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a brand new 400,000 sq m fabrication yard in Ras Al Khair port, situated within the Jap Province of Saudi Arabia
NPCC hosts revolutionary ceremony for brand spanking new fabrication yard. (picture supply: NPCC)
The ceremony was attended by senior representatives from NMDC Group, Saudi Aramco and Saudi Ports Authority Mawani.
Ras Al Khair serves over 100 manufacturing tasks and has an space of 23 sq km and 14 berths outfitted with belongings to deal with normal and bulk cargos.
The brand new yard, which can home the fabrication of jackets and platforms, is a state-of-the-art facility that may embody automated workshops and an superior marine system. It should present fabrication, upkeep, rigging and erection providers, and shall be operational between all three phases of development.
The primary section shall be accomplished by the tip of the third quarter of 2023. The capability of the fabrication yard is anticipated to succeed in 60,000 tons per 12 months by the tip of the ultimate section, scheduled for 2026.
Eng. Yasser Zaghloul, the group chief government officer at Nationwide Marine Dredging Group, mentioned, “The brand new fabrication yard builds on our longstanding relationship, ongoing development journey and enlargement technique within the Kingdom and enhances our present tasks in Saudi Arabia, which can add to our native competencies. We sit up for additional broadening our stage of collaboration with Saudi business gamers and solidifying our place because the EPC main of alternative for world NOCs.”
Eng. Ahmed Al Dhaheri, CEO of NPCC, mentioned, “This new milestone lays the inspiration for our subsequent chapter of development in Saudi Arabia. The brand new yard additionally indicators our shoppers’ belief in NPCC’s capabilities and permits us to increase our experience to new strategic infrastructure tasks within the Kingdom, improve our regional market share, and reinforce our place as a trusted associate of alternative throughout the EPC ecosystem.”
Earlier in 2022, NPCC gained two sizeable offshore contracts for the multi-billion Zuluf incremental mission, a large offshore oil discipline situated within the Arabian Gulf. Again in 2019, NPCC was additionally awarded three contracts to ship a variety of providers comprising detailed engineering, fabrication, manufacturing, procurement, and commissioning of a number of metal buildings of assorted varieties.
NPCC, part of NMDC Group, is a world-class engineering, procurement and development firm that gives whole EPC options to each the offshore and onshore oil & gasoline sectors. It supplies engineering, procurement, mission administration, fabrication, set up and commissioning to mission house owners and operators.
Since its inception in 1973, NPCC has seen enlargement into the Arabian Gulf, South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has plans to broaden its operations to Africa and Caspian area.
NPCC has constructed robust relationships with main working corporations (OPCOs), nationwide oil corporations (NOCs) and worldwide oil corporations (IOCs), and has a group of over 1,200 engineers, primarily based in 4 engineering facilities in Abu Dhabi – UAE, Mumbai and Hyderabad – India, and La Ciotat – France.
