Contractors have submitted bids for the three main engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages of Saudi Aramco’s project to expand its Haradh gas facility.

Eight companies are competing for the contracts according to industry sources.

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The three packages are:

• Package One - North Haradh Compression Plants (estimated budget: $1bn-$1.2bn)
• Package Two - Satellite Haradh Compression Plants (estimated budget: $1bn-$1.2bn)
• Package Three - South Haradh Compression Plants (estimated budget: $1bn-$1.2bn)

All three of the packages are part of a larger megaproject to expand gas processing capacity at Haradh and Hawiyah, which is expected to be worth $4.5bn.

The bid deadline for the three packages was extended three times before bids were submitted.

Originally contractors were meant to submit bids for the three packages on 3 July.

Saudi Aramco’s Hawiyah Gas Plant Expansion project is also a package in the larger $4.5bn megaproject. It is extimated to have a value of between $1bn-$1.3bn.

The Hawiyah Gas Plant Expansion project saw bids submitted on 13 August. The $4.5bn megaproject will expand existing facilities giving them the capacity to process more than 1 billion cubic feet a day (cf/d) of additional gas produced at the Ghawar onshore oil field – the largest in the world.