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Rhourde Nouss by the numbers

• Current production: 1.69 billion cubic feet per day
• Size of gas reserve: 13 trillion cubic feet
• Contract duration: 42.5 months
• Completion: Under 42 months -- 18 days ahead of schedule
• Manhours: +2 million hours of work
• Safety record: 0 work lost hours due to injuries

The company • Reliable approach. Arkad has developed and

The decision to hire Arkad was not entirely unexpected. rehabilitated a variety of upstream, downstream,
Not only had Arkad been providing EPC services for midstream assets, Arkad holds the ISO14001
over 50 years, but it had often worked with Sonatrach certification for environmental safety, and the
before. 18001OHSAS for worker safety. In the past, the
firm had also earned a reputation as an
Founded in Italy as SOIMI in 1963, acquired by the experienced turnkey contractor that could provide
international group ABB in 1989 and re-launched as a everything Sonatrach needed to raise Rhourde
separate company in 2018, two years after winning the Nouss back to its full capability, from basic
Rhourde Nouss contract, Arkad brought a wide range engineering through facility commissioning.
of experience to the table. The independent Milan firm
had over a half-century of experience in engineering, • Safety-minded attitude. The company has had
procurement, and construction. At the same time, the no serious accidents in recent years, and
fact that Arkad is engaged in either designing or maintained safety statistics that were consistently
building or renovating energy infrastructure in over 30 better than other IOGP competitors. In the past
countries – meant that its engineering and construction three years alone, Arkad has reported over 10
methods were absolutely current. million construction hours without any lost-time
incidents within its two most important markets,
Experienced companies like Sonatrach choose Arkad North Africa and Middle East. This is by design:
for turnkey EPC solutions for three key reasons, Arkad uses a tight system of safety and
according to Arkad executives: environmental KPIs that goes beyond the industry
standards. Part of the secret, executives say, is

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