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Saudi Aramco has received bids from international engineering companies to build gas booster compressor stations at Haradh
and Hawiyah, industry sources said, as the country plans to diversify its energy mix.
The contracts are part of a $4 billion scheme to increase gas production in the country for domestic consumption. Saudi Arabia’s domestic gas demand has been rising mainly due to the growth of industrial sectors, which the country wants to develop further.
Last week, Asian and European companies submitted bids for the expansion of the Hawiyah gas plant. Aramco plans to expand the processing capacity at Hawiyah by 1.3 billion standard cubic feet per
day (scfd). It currently processes 2.5 billion scfd of gas.
The companies that have made bids are: South Korean Hyundai Development Co Engineering & Construction (HDEC), GS Engineering and Construction, Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas, Italy’s Saipem, Chinese Shandong Electric Power Construction Corp (SEPCO), India’s Larsen and Toubro (L&T), Taiwan’s CTCI and Britain’s Petrofac. Taiwan’s CTCI said they had made a bid for the project, declining to give details.