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MEOG TENDERS MEOG

Aramco prepares to

contract for Abqaiq work

SAUDI ARABIA SAUDI Aramco has issued tender documents to Daelim and ENPPI, while GS Construction,
prequalified engineering, procurement and con- Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Saipem,
struction (EPC) companies for work on natural JGC Corp. and TechnipFMC are part of the
gas liquids (NGL) facilities at the Abqaiq plant southern Zone 2. With Abqaiq located around
which handles up to 7mn barrels per day of oil. 65km south of Dhahran, bidding will take place
Documents were provided to members of among Zone 2 signatories.
Aramco’s onshore long-term agreements (LTA) Speaking to Upstreamonline, industry
pool, which was announced in November. sources said that the scope of the work was
The signatories to the onshore LTAs are; a likely to include installation of a new de-etha-
consortium of the local Nasser Saeed Al-Hajri & niser (DER) and propane refrigeration system,
Contracting with Korean firm Samsung EPC, fel- upgrading the dehydration system as well as
low Korean firms Daelim, GS Construction and replacement of gas export compression trains.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Egypt- Ian Simm, Principal Advisor at consul-
based Engineering for the Petroleum and Pro- tancy IGM Energy, told Middle East Oil & Gas
cess Industries (ENPPI), Italy’s Saipem, Japan’s (MEOG) in August: “Having cut its 2020 CAPEX
JGC Corp. and London-listed TechnipFMC. by around $12bn, [maintenance and minor
As with Aramco’s upstream divisions, which brownfield expansion] deals are likely to be par
are split into Northern Area Oil Operations for the course for Aramco in the short-term.”
(NAOO) and Southern Area Oil Operations The company’s postponement or cancella-
(SAOO), the onshore LTA group is divided into tion of bidding for work on major greenfield
those which can compete for work to the north and expansion projects like Berri, Marjan and
and south of the company’s headquarters in Jafurah illustrate that this is indeed playing out
Dhahran. and despite the increasing oil price, major work
Firms included in Zone 1, which lies to the on the largest field expansions should not be
north of Dhahran, are: Al-Hajri with Samsung, expected until at least Q2 2021.™

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