Saudi Aramco has invited companies to bid on a the construction of an estimated $400m tank farm project in the northwest of Saudi Arabia, according to a source familiar with the scheme.

Companies have been asked to submit bids for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) on 8 May for a contract to build storage tanks for oil products in Duba, Tabuk province, on the Red Sea coast.

Contractors prequalified to bid are understood to include:

• Arkad (Saudi Arabia)
• China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau (CPPB; China)
• Dodsal (UAE)
• Enppi (Egypt)
• Gulf Consolidated Contractors (Saudi Arabia)
• JGC (Japan)
• Joannou & Paraskevaides (J&P; Cyprus)
• Larsen & Toubro (India)
• Dutco McConnell Dowell (UAE)
• Nesma & Partners (Saudi Arabia)
• Punj Lloyd (India)
• Saipem (Italy)
• Tekfen (Turkey)

The scope of the project includes storage tanks, loading and unloading facilities, pumps, modification works and associated facilities.

Aramco is expected to retender a project to build a storage facility in Hail in the north-central region of the kingdom, along with a pipeline linking it to Qassim.