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Subject: Saudi Aramco to Invite Bids for $10 Billion Manifa Oil Field Author: DE [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 03:50:31 08/01/07 Wed The smell of 'Victory' continues.... Saudi Aramco to Invite Bids for $10 Billion Manifa Oil Field DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Saudi oil company Aramco is expected to invite companies in August to help develop Manifa oil field, with a potential production of 900,000 barrels of oil a day, sources familiar with the company's plans said earlier this week. Aramco, the world's largest oil supplier, plans to invite prequalified companies to bid for an estimated US$3 billion (euro2 billion) worth of contracts on the company's largest-ever offshore project. The estimated US$10-billion (euro7 billion) Manifa development program aims to add 900,000 barrels a day of heavy crude, 120 million cubic feet a day of gas and 50,000 barrels a day of condensate to Aramco's production by mid-2011. Manifa's heavy crude will be exported from Aramco's Al Juaymah and Ras Tanura terminals in eastern Saudi Arabia. The gas and the condensate will be processed at the Khursaniyah gas plant. The project also includes construction of four pipelines, a water supply system and oils and gas processing facilities. The tender documents for the project were originally due to be released in June or July but have been delayed without explanation, sources familiar with the Aramco's tender told Dow Jones Newswires. Companies including Bechtel Group Inc., Fluor Corp., JGC Corp. and Technip S.A. in late May submitted prequalification documents to Saudi state-owned company. They are still waiting for final to bid, sources said. In February, Aramco awarded an estimated US$1 billion (euro700 million) contract to Belgium contractor Jan De Nul for the Manifa project's offshore portion, covering dredging works in the Persian Gulf. Middle East oil producers are spending income generated from four years of high oil prices on expanding and upgrading their crude oil production capacity to meet rising global demand, particularly from fast-growing Asian economies. Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest oil exporter. The desert kingdom is working to increase current output of almost 11 million barrels a day to 12,5 million barrels a day by 2009. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]