Seven technical bids submitted for Algerian refinery

10 June 2018
The Hassi Messaoud project contract is estimated to be worth $2.5bn

Seven entities have submitted technical bids for the planned Hassi Messaoud project, according to Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach.

In a statement Sonatrach said that a total of 18 companies had purchased tender documents ahead of bid submission.

The companies that have submitted technical bids are:

  • China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (also known as Sinopec) / CTI Engineering
  • Petrofac / GS E&C
  • Technicas Reunidas / Samsung Engineering
  • China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC)
  • Hyundai Engineering and Construction
  • Maire Tecnimont / Petrojet
  • Hualu Engineering & Technology

The Hassi Messaoud refinery project contract is estimated to be worth $2.5bn.

It is one of a series of five new refineries that were part of a single scheme announced by the Algerian government in 2013.

Under the original plans, each of the refineries was expected to have a capacity of between 60,000 and 100,000 barrels a day and a budget of $2-3bn.

In February last year, Sonatrach announced that it had awarded the design contract for three of the refineries, including the Hassi Messaoud refinery, to UK-based Amec Foster Wheeler’s division in Italy.

The other two refineries are due to be built at Tiaret in the northwest and at Biskra in the northeast.

Sonatrach decided that a single company would be asked to undertake the design work for the three refineries as they will all be designed to similar specifications.

Amec Foster Wheeler has since been acquired by UK-based Wood Group.

The refineries are intended to supply refined products to the domestic market, replacing imports.

Out of the five refinery projects that were originally announced in 2013 only two are currently active.

These are the Hassi Messaoud Refinery and the Tiaret Refinery. The other three refinery projects are currently on hold.

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