Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) has invited companies to submit technical bids on 25 March for the position of project manager on its planned world-scale aromatics complex at Ruwais. A tentative deadline of 22 April has been set for the submission of commercial bids. At least five companies responded in mid-January to an initial query. They are Foster Wheeler, Mustang Engineering and Washington Group International, all of the US, US-based Black & Veatch and WorleyParsons of Australia. However, not all are expected to bid (MEED 20:1:06).
Known as the gasoline and aromatics expansion (GAE), the estimated $750 million-1,000 million project involves the production of 600,000 tonnes a year (t/y) of paraxylene through naphtha reforming, with an option to produce 335,000-775,000 t/y of benzene and 3.8 million-4.85 million t/y of gasoline. The project will take about 40 months to build.The next stage in the project implementation will be the issue of a tender for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) package. Companies interested in participating in the tender are expected to include Paris-based Technip, the US' Fluor Corporation, Mustang Engineering and WorleyParsons.The US' Jacobs Engineering has prepared the project's economic model; Foster Wheeler has carried out the initial feasibility study. Houston-based Purvin & Gertz is carrying out a marketing study.
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