Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) is pushing forward with a major project to produce gas from the Dorra offshore field located in Gulf waters in the Neutral Zone shared between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.Contractors are preparing bids for four engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages – three offshore and one onshore – that comprise the Dorra gas field development project, estimated to be valued as high as $10bn.KJO, which is jointly owned by Saudi Aramco subsidiary Aramco Gulf Operations Company (AGOC) and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) – a subsidiary of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) – is said to have issued the tenders for the project in August last year.Progress has been hampered by a geopolitical tussle over ownership of the asset. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia maintain that the Dorra field lies entirely in the waters of their shared territory, known as the Neutral Zone or Divided Zone, and that Iran has no legal basis for its claim. In contrast, Iran, which calls it Arash, claims that the field partially extends into its territory and that Tehran should be a stakeholder in any development project.In February 2024, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia reiterated their claim over Dorra through a joint statement issued during an official meeting between Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh.The EPC scope of work on the Dorra gas field development project packages and their submission dates are as follows:Package 1 – Seven offshore jackets and laying of intra-field lines – 24 MarchPackage 2A – Seven production deck modules (PDMs) and associated corrosion-resistant alloy-lined pipes connecting to the gas compression plant – 30 JunePackage 2B – Compression and auxiliary platforms, accommodation platform, associated trunklines and cables connecting to the shoreline – 30 JunePackage 3 – Onshore gas processing plant – 30 JuneBidders for the three offshore packages are understood to include the following contractors:Lamprell (Saudi Arabia/UAE)Larsen and Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (India)McDermott (US)NMDC Energy (UAE)Saipem (Italy)Contractors bidding for the offshore packages have the option of submitting a combined proposal for offshore packages 2A and 2B, sources told MEED.The Dorra field is estimated to hold 20 trillion cubic metres of gas and an estimated 310 million barrels of oil.Aramco and KPC had selected France’s Technip Energies to carry out pre-front-end engineering and design (pre-feed) and feed work on the Dorra offshore field development project.The original feed for a project to develop the field was performed more than a decade ago. The engineering design needed to be updated due to changes in technology before the project can reach a final investment decision.Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have been working together to develop the offshore field since it was discovered in 1965. The two sides expect to produce about 1 billion cubic feet a day of gas from the asset and have agreed to split the gas output equally. (ICE KUWAIT)

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