Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) has allowed contractors more time to prepare bids for one of the offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages of the Dorra gas field development project.KJO was 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.KJO has divided the scope of work on the Dorra gas field development project, estimated to be valued as high as $10bn, into four EPC packages – three offshore and one onshore.According to sources, contractors bidding for offshore package 1 now have until 8 April to prepare bids instead of the previous deadline of 24 March.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 – 8 AprilPackage 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 & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (India)McDermott (US)NMDC Energy (UAE)Saipem (Italy)Separately, contractors bidding for offshore packages 2A and 2B have the option of submitting a combined proposal.The Dorra field is estimated to hold 20 trillion cubic metres of gas and an estimated 310 million barrels of oil.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.A geopolitical tussle over ownership of the asset has hampered progress. 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. 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.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.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. (ICE KUWAIT)

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