EXCLUSIVE: Spanish firm selected for Abu Dhabi petrochemicals plant design

18 December 2018
Project operator is understood to have decided upon the contract winner earlier in December

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Spanish oil and gas firm Cepsa have selected Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas for the contract to execute the front-end engineering and design (feed) works on their planned linear alkylbenzene (LAB) project.

The feed contract is estimated to be worth about $8m, according to an industry source.

Adnoc and Cepsa, which is owned by Abu Dhabi investment vehicle Mubadala, plan to build the estimated $600m LAB plant within the Ruwais downstream megacomplex.

MEED had previously reported that the following engineering firms had been invited to bid for the feed:

  • Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain)
  • WorleyParsons (Australia)
  • Samsung Engineering (South Korea)
  • GS Engineering & Construction (South Korea)
  • Bechtel (US)
  • Wood Group (UK)

Commercial bids for the feed tender were due to be submitted in September.

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