Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) has invited local and international companies to submit technical bids by 15 August for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract covering the third-phase expansion of its Ruwais sulphur handling terminal (RSHT). Commercial bids are due to be submitted by 30 September; a site visit is due to be held on 3 July (MEED 17:2:06).
The invitees include South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction, the German office of Paris-based Technip, a local/US team of Al-Jaber Energy Services and Washington Group International (WGI), the US' Black & Veatch Corporation and the local Dodsal.Estimated to be worth $150 million-200 million, the scope of works for the EPC contract includes the construction of two 1,100-tonne-a-day (t/d) granulation units, an 11,000-tonne cylindrical liquid and solid storage tank, an unloading pit and stations, transfer and unloading pumps, sulphur transfer conveyors, piping work and related facilities.The installed capacity of RSHT is 7,650 t/d, with processing capacity of 6,550 t/d. The expansion will increase capacity by 2,420 t/d. Calgary-based Enersul Partnership is the nominated supplier of the new granulation units.The contract will include the construction of a 300-metre-long, 12-metre-wide loading berth capable of handling 65,000-dwt Panamax vessels, an export jetty and the dredging of the access channel and turning basin.The facilities are due to be completed by 2008. WGI has carried out the front-end engineering and design (FEED) package; Tebodin of the Netherlands is the project management consultant (PMC).
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