Engineering & Construction Onshore

In the Engineering & Construction onshore construction business, Saipem is one of the largest operators on turnkey contract base at a worldwide level in the Oil & Gas segment. Saipem operates in the construction of plants for hydrocarbon production (extraction, separation, stabilization, collection of hydrocarbons, water injection) and hydrocarbon treatment (removal and recovery of sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide, fractioning of gaseous liquids, recovery of condensates) and in the installation of large onshore transport systems (pipelines, compression stations, terminals). Saipem preserves its own competitiveness through its technology excellence granted by its engineering hubs, its distinctive know-how in the construction of projects in the high-tech market of LNG and the management of large parts of engineering activities in cost efficient areas. In the medium term, underpinning upward trends in the oil service market, Saipem will be focused on taking advantage of the opportunities arising from the market in the plant and pipeline segments leveraging on its solid competitive position in the realization of complex projects in the strategic areas of Middle East, Caspian Sea, Northern and Western Africa and Russia.

In 2013 revenues amounted to €4,619 million, registering a decrease of 24.4% from 2012, due to lower levels of activity in Northern and Western Africa and Middle East. Orders acquired amounted to €2,566 million (€3,972 million in 2012). Among the main orders acquired were: (i) an EPC contract on behalf of Dangote Fertilizer for the realization of a new ammonia and urea production complex to be realized in Edo State, Nigeria. The contract encompasses the construction of two twin production streams and related utilities and off-site facilities; (ii) an EPC contract on behalf of Star Refinery AS, for the realization of Socar Refinery in Turkey, encompassing the engineering, procurement and construction of a refinery and three crude refinery jetties, to be built in the area adjacent to the Petkim Petrochemical facility; (iii) an EPC contract on behalf of Eni related to the improvements to the storage infrastructure for crude oil of Tempa Rossa field, in Italy.

R&D activities aiming at improving proprietary process technologies and increasing the company’s environmental services portfolio concerned: (i) the study on the improvement of propriety technology for the production of urea, with the development of a new process “Urea Zero Emission”; (ii) the launch of the innovative project in order to improve energy efficiency.