Contractors bid for Jubail
International contractors have submitted prequalification proposals to client Saudi Aramco for five main packages at the proposed 400,000-barrel-a-day Jubail export refinery.More than eight companies are thought to have submitted proposals, with Aramco extending the prequalification deadline to 30 September after being asked to clarify several details on the coker unit package.The packages include an aromatics unit, a conversion unit, a distillate and hydrotreater package, a coker unit and main pipe rack package. An award is expected in the second quarter of 2008, with production due to start in the first half of 2012.The planned refinery, which process Arabian heavy crude, is being developed by a 50:50 joint venture of Saudi Aramco and France's Total .
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