The invitation to bid (ITB) package is due to be issued in the last week of July for the Ras Laffan cracker project. 'We expect the ITB to come after meetings are held between the client and the prequalified companies in Doha on 22-23 July,' one of the prospective bidders said in late June.
Five members of the ethylene club are prequalified for the technology supply and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) package. The 1.3 million-tonne-a-year (t/y) cracker project is being managed by Qatar Chemical Company II (Q-Chem II)on behalf of the client, Ras Laffan Ethylene Company(MEED 28:2:03).
The prospective bidders are: US-based ABB Lummus Global, with Japan's Toyo Engineering Corporation; US-based Kellogg Brown & Root, with Chiyoda Corporationof Japan; Stone & Websterof the US, with JGC Corporationof Japan; Paris-based Technip-Coflexip; and Germany's Linde, with South Korea's Samsung Engineering Corporation.
In addition to building the cracker, the contract involves the construction of a pipeline which will run from the plant to Mesaieed. The ethylene feedstock will be used by new downstream units at Mesaieed planned by Q-Chem II and the local/French joint venture Qatofin(MEED 6:6:03).
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