The development of the Dorra offshore gas field is moving forward as Khafji Joint Operations extends the deadline for companies to submit bids for project management consultancy services on a major facilities development project valued at nearly $7 billion.
According to MEED magazine, Khafji Joint Operations has extended the bid deadline for the revised Project Management Consultancy (PMC) tender by three weeks, from August 17 to September 7. The revised tender seeks a consultant to oversee the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works for facilities required to produce gas from the offshore Dorra field.
Four EPC packages awarded
Khafji Joint Operations divided the EPC work into four main packages, comprising three offshore packages and one onshore package. MEED reported that contracts for all four EPC packages have now been awarded, with their combined value approaching $7 billion.
Khafji Joint Operations is jointly owned by Aramco Gulf Operations, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company, a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
Revised consultancy tender
Khafji Joint Operations originally issued the PMC tender on September 29 last year, with engineering companies submitting their bids on January 19 this year. Following the submission of bids, the company held discussions with bidders over contract terms and prices. It subsequently decided to re-tender the PMC contract with a revised scope of work, according to MEED.
Companies believed to have been invited to participate in the revised tender include Fluor of the United States, KBR of the United States, Technip Energies of France, Wood of the United Kingdom and Worley of Australia. Companies that submitted bids in the first round also included Kent, based in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas.
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia target 1 billion cubic feet of gas
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are moving ahead with plans to produce 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day from the Dorra field. The two countries have jointly produced oil from the Divided Zone since at least the 1950s, mainly from the onshore Wafra field and offshore Khafji field.
As demand for natural gas production grows, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are developing the offshore Dorra field, which is believed to be the only gas field in the Divided Zone. The field was discovered in 1965, with reserves estimated at about 20 trillion cubic meters of gas and 310 million barrels of oil.
