Murphy awarded St Fergus Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) Compressor EPC Project

The project, known as the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) Compressor Project, is vital for ensuring compliance with emissions regulations.

The St Fergus Gas Terminal is fundamentally important to Great Britain’s energy system. Located on the North-East coast of Scotland, it provides access to gas from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and Norway, which it feeds into the gas National Transmission System (NTS). St Fergus regularly supplies between 25% and 50% of the country’s natural gas. The main terminal also receives treated gas from three sub-terminals, currently owned by Shell, Ancala and North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP).

Murphy has a longstanding collaborative partnership with National Gas at St Fergus, successfully delivering a diverse range of complex engineering and construction projects. These include asset health interventions, actuator replacements, aftercooler upgrades, and cathodic protection enhancements.

This recent award encompasses the design, construction, and commissioning of three low-emission compressor units. The project includes all associated civil, electrical, control and instrumentation, process, mechanical, and piping work, along with OEM rotating equipment. Together with our engineering partner, Worley, and leveraging the expertise of our internal specialist business units, this award highlights Murphy’s strength in the direct delivery of complex EPC energy projects.

Andy Harding, Operations Director at Murphy, said:

“As one of National Gas’s priority investment sites to achieve MCPD emissions targets by 2030, we are proud to lead the delivery of this essential project at St Fergus. With a proven track record in delivering compressor projects safely and successfully, Murphy, supported by our trusted engineering partner Worley, will provide resource certainty, safety excellence, and on-time delivery. Our in-house team will bring unparalleled compressor expertise, enabling us to deliver this critical infrastructure project and meet all stakeholder requirements while maintaining a strong focus on cost efficiency.”

Darren Christie, Project Director at National Gas, said:

We are delighted to partner with Murphy and their wider supply chain on this critical part of our compressor replacement programme, with this work contributing to our business’s wider 2030 emissions reduction commitments. Our St Fergus terminal is a critical entry point on the National Transmission System (NTS) and by utilising our project partners’ skills and expertise we can hope to see successful delivery of this investment. This will ultimately improve the compressor resilience at the site, providing greater energy security and helping reduce compressor emissions as part of the UK’s Net Zero ambitions.”