Global oil and gas contract activity witnessed a notable 47% quarter-on-quarter increase in total disclosed value to reach US$54.91bn in Q2 2024 from US$37.3bn in Q1, reveals GlobalData
The data and analytics company's latest report, 'Oil and Gas Industry Contracts Review by Sector, Region, Terrain and Top Contractors and Issuers, Q2 2024', reveals that the overall oil and gas contracts volume decreased marginally from 1,473 in Q1 2024 to 1,377 in Q2 2024.
Pritam Kad, oil and gas analyst at GlobalData, said, “Petrobras' monumental awards, including the US$8.15bn P-84 and P-85 FPSO construction contract to Seatrium, the US$1.8bn contract for subsea engineering to the Sapura consortium, and an additional US$2.5 billion for pipelay vessels, rigid risers, and flowlines contracts to Subsea 7, were the driving forces behind the surge in the overall oil and gas contracts value.”
Operation and Maintenance (O&M) scope reported 681 contracts, accounting for 49% of the total contracts in Q2 2024, followed by procurement with 400 contracts representing a 29% share. Contracts with multiple scopes, such as construction, design and engineering, installation, O&M, and procurement, accounted for 9% of the contracts.
Deals in Middle East and Africa
The other notable contracts include Samsung Engineering, GS Engineering & Construction, and Nesma & Partners’ $7.7 billion EPC contract from Saudi Aramco for Fadhili Gas plant expansion from 2.5 to up to 4 billion standard cubic feet per day (bscfd) in Saudi Arabia; Tecnimont-led consortium’s US$2.3bn EPC contract from Sonatrach for three gas boosting stations with 20 turbo-compressor trains in Algeria; and Saipem’s US$850mn rigid pipelines, flexible flowlines, jumpers, and umbilicals work for Azule Energy’s Ndungu field development in Angola.