North Field East and North Field South LNG expansion
Qatar
The single largest LNG capacity build-out under way anywhere.
SizeNorth Field East + South together raise Qatar's LNG capacity from 77 to 126 MTPA by ~2027-2028
- FID
- Engineering
- Fabrication
- Construction (named in the reported phase)
- Installation (named in the reported phase)
- Commissioning (named in the reported phase)
Phase, as reported: construction / commissioning
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Who builds it
- QatarEnergy operator
- Technip Energies
- Chiyoda Corporation
- CCC
Reported risk War-related work stop in early 2026…
6 sources checked on 2026-10-08
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Why we watch it
The single largest LNG capacity build-out under way anywhere, with Technip Energies — a company legally headquartered in the Netherlands — as lead EPC contractor on both expansion phases; years of engineering, commissioning and construction-supervision demand still ahead as later trains follow NFE Train 1.
Phase in full, as reported
construction / commissioning (first NFE train ready to start operation in November 2026; remaining NFE trains and NFS under construction after a war-related work suspension in early 2026)
Reported risk in full, as reported
War-related work stop in early 2026. Iranian strikes on Ras Laffan and Mesaieed halted NFE/NFS work and damaged two existing LNG trains (about 17% of Qatar's capacity, repairs up to three years); disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz makes the timing of later NFE trains uncertain.
Who builds it as stated by the sources
Operator / developerQatarEnergy
- QatarEnergyoperator/developer
- Technip EnergiesEPCC contractor (with Chiyoda) for North Field East onshore facilities — 4 mega-trains of 8 MTPA each; also working NFS with CCC
- Chiyoda CorporationEPCC joint-venture partner with Technip Energies on North Field East
- CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company)partner with Technip on North Field South
Key dates as stated by the sources
- NFE full startup
- Uncertain — timing of later NFE trains depends on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
- NFS startup target
- H2 2028
- NFE startup
- First NFE train ready to start operation November 2026; first LNG expected Q1 2027 (QatarEnergy CEO: first half of 2027)
Disciplines likely needed our inference
- piping/mechanical engineering
- construction supervision
- commissioning
- planning/project controls
- QA/QC
Derived by us from project kind and phase - not stated by the sources below.
Sources checked on 2026-10-08
- Technip Energies and Chiyoda Awarded a Major LNG Contract for the North Field East Project in QatarTechnipFMC / Technip Energies (company press release) · 2020s (original award)
- QatarEnergy North Field East (NFE)Technip Energies (company case study) · 2026
- QatarEnergy's North Field West LNG Project Startup Slips to 2031Natural Gas Intelligence · 2026
- QatarEnergy's LNG expansion project poised to start operations in November, sources say (Reuters)BOE Report · 2026-10-07
- QatarEnergy suspends work on North field expansion due to US-Iran conflictOffshore Magazine · 2026-03-02
- QatarEnergy Warns Shipping Snags Threaten LNG RoadmapTradingpedia · 2026-09-21
Position on the globe: 25.90°N 51.55°E. Location approximate: Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.
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