Companies bidding on the expansion of the Qusahwira onshore field in Abu Dhabi are still waiting for a deadline for commercial proposals nearly three months after technical bids.

Several companies submitted technical engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) bids to project owner Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (Adco) in June.

According to sources familiar with the project, companies submitting technical proposals include:

• Al-Asab Contracting Establishment (UAE)
• China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (China)
• Dodsal (UAE)
• Intecsa Industrial (Spain)
• Tecnimont (Italy)

The contract is estimated to be valued at between $500m and $700m.

Qusahwira field development phase two is part of Adco’s programme to increase the capacity of its onshore South East Asset (SEA) fields, which also includes projects at the Sahil and Mender fields.

The Qusahwira field expansion will add 25,000 barrels a day (b/d) of new capacity at the field located 260 kilometres south of Abu Dhabi city.

Canada’s SNC Lavalin carried out the front-end engineering and design (feed) study for the project at its operations in Abu Dhabi, Mumbai and Toronto.

In May, CPECC was awarded a $330m EPC deal to develop the Mender field.

US-based CH2M Hill won the project management consultancy (PMC) contract to oversee the development of the three SEA fields, MEED revealed in May 2014.