Adnoc Refining has invited firms to bid for the estimated $3m-$4m front-end engineering and design (feed) contract for a new crude-receiving terminal at Abu Dhabi’s Ruwais downstream complex.

The deadline for technical bids is 9 October, while commercial bids are due on 30 October.

Up to 12 engineering firms have now been invited by Adnoc Refining to bid for the feed work, including:

• WorleyParsons (Australia)
• Bilfinger Tebodin (Germany)
• SNC-Lavalin (Canada)
• ILF Consulting Engineers (Germany/Austria)
• Doris Engineering (France)
• Neste Jacobs (Finland)
• Wood Group (UK)
• CH2M Hill (USA)
• Techfem (Italy)

The project involves building a jetty and associated facilities for Adnoc Refining to receive crude oil from other locations, with the feedstock to be processed at the Ruwais refinery.

MEED previously reported that a number of firms had submitted expressions of interest for the job.