MENA Project Tracker— KOC receives bids for $100m flowline; CHEC wins Red Sea contract

MENA Project Tracker— KOC receives bids for $100m flowline; CHEC wins Red Sea contract

CAIRO: Kuwait Oil Co. has tendered its $100 million oil flow line project and received bids from six Kuwait-based companies. The contract includes the construction and civil work of the flow line — a pipeline that connects the oilfield wellhead to the manifold which connects to the rest of the equipment, according to MEED. OQ Gas Networks, a subsidiary of Oman’s public energy company OQ, has delayed its contract bid submissions for a major pipeline project until Aug. 31. The 42-inch pipeline is to transport natural gas 193 km from the Fahud station in Oman’s center to reach the industrial hub of Sohar in the north, reported MEED. However, the energy conglomerate has been contemplating the construction of a shorter pipeline that extends only 128 km from the Fahud compressor station to BVS 4 in Sohar instead. Hill International— a US construction consulting firm— has been selected as project manager for two projects by the UAE-based Aldar properties. The contract includes construction, and schedule control, in addition to health, safety, and environment management, reported Gulf Daily News. Located in the Saadiyat Cultural District of Abu Dhabi, the first phase of the project will lie in the heart of the city