Saudi Aramco is expected to issue a tender in June for a contract to carry out a 3D/2D seismic survey of the Manifa field as part of its redevelopment plan.
The field is planned to produce 300,000 barrels per day of Arabian heavy crude under an initial development phase that has an estimated cost of $1 billion.
Located at south-east of Safaniya, Manifa was first brought into production in 1964 through the drilling of eight wells.
However, the facilities were later mothballed.
The field has estimated reserves of 10 billion barrels and is planned to be brought into full production by 2009-2010.
The Manifa redevelopment will involve supply and installation of at least three platforms, subsea pipelines and tieins with existing offshore production facilities.
Saudi Aramco is expected to launch the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by late 2006.
Khurais: Central Gas Processing Facilities and GOSP
International contractors have been invited to bid for the central gas processing facilities of Khurais crude increment program by 15th May. The estimated $2 billion engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract will cover the construction of two processing trains to dehydrate 300 million cubic feet a day (cf/d) of sour gas, three sulphur recovery trains, a 1.8 million-barrel tank farm, four flares and two natural gas liquids (NGL) spheres together capable of storing 70,000 barrels.
A tender is also expected from Saudi Aramco for the gas-oil separation plants (GOSPs). The GOSP scheme includes the construction of crude inlet facilities to process about 1.32 million barrels of wet and sour crude, and four GOSPs, each with capacity of 330,000 barrels per day (b/d) and 400 million cf/d.
The Khurais project covers three oil fields: Khurais, Abu Jifan and Mazalij.
The Khurais field, the biggest of the three, is 127 km long and covers 2,890 sq. km.
It is about 250 km southwest of Dhahran and 140 km west of Hofuf. Abu Jifan covers 520 sq. km southwest of Khurais.
Mazalij covers 1,630 sq. km southeast of Abu Jifan.
There are four existing gas/oil separation plants (GOSPs) in operation in the Khurais field and one GOSP in each of the two other fields. Currently, the combined production capacity is 300,000 bpd.
Ibn Zahr: O&U Package Bid Due this Month
The prequalified international contractors are likely to submit technical and commercial offers for the offsites and utilities (O&U) package on the Saudi European Petrochemical Company (Ibn Zahr) polypropylene (PP) project at Jubail by middle of this month. The bidders include, ABB Lummus Global (US), Toyo Corporation (Japan), CTCI (Taiwan) and Samsung Engineering Company (South
Manifa Field Re-development: Saudi Aramco to Issue Tender for Seismic Survey
Korea). The contract award for O&U is expected by the end of the third quarter.
Given below are some of the other major tenders invited by the government departments and organizations:
Amusement Park and Irrigation Network
The Dammam Municipality invites bids for the following:
Lowering water level and repair of streets in. Document price SR 3,000. D/L 29.04.06.
Digging of wells and irrigation network project. Document price SR 2,000. D/L 03.05.06.
Establishment of an amusement park in Al Nuarriyah. Document price SR 2,000. D/L 06.05.06.
Prevention from flooding in Al Lahba. Document price SR 2,000. D/L 17.04.06.
Maintenance of Streets
The Makkah Municipality (Tel.: +966-2-5739555) invites bids for the following:
Maintenance of streets in Makkah west. Document price SR 5,000. D/L 22.04.06.
Maintenance of streets in Makkah south. Document price SR 5,000.D/L 22.04.06.
© Saudi Commerce and Economic Review 2006
