November 19, 2012
LS Cable & System announced that the Letter of Award (LOA) has been received for the contract of submarine power cable project worth over $440 million ordered by Qatar Petroleum on May 21, 2012.
This project is to install two 100km-long circuits i.e. 200km of 132kV cables for efficient electric power supply from Ras Laffan Industrial City (80km from Doha, the capital of Qatar) to Halul Island. The 132kV cable comprises 3 core power cables with embedded fiber optic cables to transmit 100MW power in total. LS Cable & System secured the turnkey contract including engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of onshore construction in Ras Laffan, laying of submarine cables, construction of new substation as well as tie-in with existing substation in Halul Island.