The contract will see Yokogawa supply the complete downstream measurement and control facilities for the project, delivering monitoring and control systems as well as implementing its Plant Resource Manager plant asset management package.

Yokogawa will also provide systems for a natural gas liquefaction plant and crude oil shipment facilities, which will be constructed as part of the Sakhalin II project in the Prigorodnoye area of southern Sakhalin.

Sakhalin II has a total budget of US$10 billion and is being led by Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd., a joint venture between the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Mitsui & Co and Mitsubishi Corporation.

The crude oil and natural gas produced in northern Sakhalin will be transported through pipelines to southern Sakhalin. There the crude oil will be shipped to utility customers from a crude oil shipment facility and the gas will be converted to liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Sakhalin's LNG production facility will be the largest of its kind in the world, with two liquefaction trains that will have a combined annual production capacity of 9.6 million tons.

"With development planned for nine fields, Sakhalin is a very promising market. The current contract is a highly significant milestone for us to further solidify our presence in that market," said Yokogawa director and executive vice president of the International Business Headquarters, Teruyoshi Minaki.