ADNOC - Hail and Ghasha Sour Gas Development: Onshore Package

General Information
Owner Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Masterplan Project (Parent Profile) ADNOC – Hail and Ghasha Sour Gas Development – Abu Dhabi
Location Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
Status --
Sector Gas, Transmission, Gas Pipeline
Contract Type Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC)
Onshore/Offshore Onshore
Greenfield/Brownfield Greenfield
Progress 11
Estimated Budget Value ---
Contract Value 8700
Net Value $8700m
Award Date October 2023
Completion Date July 2028
Last Updated On April 2024
ProjectId (Old, New) 43341, 280451


Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) is undertaking the construction of onsite utilities and onshore pipelines at Hail and Ghasha Sour gas development in Abu Dhabi, the UAE.

This profile includes Manayif Onsite utilities and Onshore Pipelines.

The scope of work for package 3&4 has been merged into a single profile under the name "Onshore Package."

The US$10875 million project includes the following:

1. Construction of Manayif onshore processing plant

2. Construction of two gas processing units

3. Construction of three sulfur recovery sections

4. Laying of 231.7km onshore pipeline

5. Utilities and offsite works

6. Construction of associated facilities

Second Section

03 April 2024

Dome Oilfield Engineering & Services LLC has been appointed for conducting the Environmental studies on the project.

13 February 2024

Engineering works are ongoing on the project and subcontractor has not yet appointed.

28 December 2023

Construction works are yet to commence.

05 October 2023

Tecnimont has been awarded as the main contractor.

29 August 2023

Tecnimont is the front-runner for the project.

31 July 2023

The EOIs has been submitted. The following companies are participating : L&T, Tecnimont, Samsung Engineering, Technip Energies.

23 May 2023

EoI documents submission date was extended to May 19, 2023. The firms have submitted EoIs. (Source: MEED)

01 May 2023

The pre-construction service agreements (PCSA) have been cancelled and ADNOC has re-issued EoI documents for the selection of the main contractor and the prequalification deadline is on May 14, 2023. (Source: MEED)

19 January 2023

Onshore Package: Early Development Works - The client has signed pre-construction service agreements (PCSAs) with Technip Energies, Samsung Engineering and Tecnimont at a contract value of around US$80 million to commence initial detailed engineering works, the early procurement for long-lead items required for the project and also includes preparation of an open book cost estimate of the project which will be reviewed while making the final investment decision (FID). (Source: MEED)

13 January 2023

The client is in the process of signing pre-construction service agreements (PCSA) with the shortlisted bidder companies. The scope of the agreement includes the starting of detailed engineering works and also early procurement for long-lead items required for the project. The value for the agreement is estimated to be around US$150 million. (Source: MEED)

04 January 2023

The main contract bids are under evaluation.

01 November 2022

The FEED works are still ongoing on the project however the timeframe for completion is currently unknown.

26 September 2022

The main contract bids have been submitted by the consortium of Samsung Engineering, Technip Energies and Tecnimont.

19 September 2022

The bid submission date for the EPC works is on September 26, 2022. The early engagement process with the considered contractors has been started by the client and the FEED work is ongoing simultaneously. (Source: MEED)

08 September 2022

The client has considered a consortium of Technip Energies, Samsung Engineering, and Tecnimont for the EPC works on the project. There is no formal agreement or contract signed with any contractor. The project EPC contract is likely to be awarded in June 2023 and currently the feed work is ongoing on the project.

24 June 2022

The bid process is still at an initial stage, some of those expected to show initial interest include Italy’s Saipem and Tecnimont, Abu Dhabi’s National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T), McDermott International of the US, Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas, UK’s Petrofac, China’s China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC), South Korean giants Samsung E&C and Hyundai E&C, Greek player Archirodon and China’s Sinopec.

15 April 2022

The companies have not yet been PQ shortlisted.

07 April 2022

NPCC and Robtstone have submitted the EOI documents.

14 March 2022

The EOI submission deadline has been extended till March 21, 2022. Amongst others, Target Engineering and Al Asab Est are likely to submit the PQ documents.

09 March 2022

The scope of Package 4 is merged with package 3.

07 March 2022

ADNOC has issued expressions of interest (EoI) to contractors for participation in the EPC tendering phase. Contractors to submit general documents for the EoI process by March 6, 2022, and detailed information by March 14, 2022. Simultaneously, Feed is progressing and expected to be completed by the end of the year. (Source: MEED)

07 January 2022

FEED works are ongoing on the project.

22 December 2021

The main contract tender have been cancelled due to the ongoing optimization process.

22 November 2021

Technip Energies has been awarded the contract for the revised front-end engineering and design (feed) works on the project. (Source: MEED)

27 October 2021

The submission of commercial bids for Feed tender has taken place on October 23, 2021. Flour Corporation, Technip Energies and Worley have submitted the commercial bids. (Source: MEED)

06 October 2021

The submission of technical bids for Feed tender has taken place on October 4, 2021.

27 September 2021

The technical bid submission date for Feed tender has been further extended to October 4, 2021. Flour Corporation, Technip Energies and Worley are likely to submit the technical bids. (Source: MEED)

18 August 2021

The tender for Feed works has been re-issued and the technical bid submission date for the revised feed tender is due on September 23, 2021. FEED optimization is being carried out by KBR and the client company, ADNOC has asked all the previous main contract bidders to extend the bid validity for one year.

29 July 2021

The client has restarted the project from the initial stage due to cost optimization. On July 25, 2021 Adnoc had issued an notification to release new tender for pre-feed and Feed works and Flour Corporation, KBR, Technip Energies, Wood Group and Worley have received the documents. (Source: MEED)

16 June 2021

ADNOC is in the process of re-designing the project for FEED optimization with revised scope. Once the final designs are drafted and approved by ADNOC, the tender process would be either continued or re-initiate. Currently, it is unknown that the client will reissue the tender or request the existing tender participant companies to resubmit new bids with respect to the revised scope at this moment

02 May 2021

The main contract is yet to be awarded by the client company and the market sources indicate that the client company ADNOC is likely to re-initiate the FEED works as the bids submitted are expensive.

05 April 2021

The bids are still under evaluation and the main contract is yet to be awarded

28 February 2021

The commercial bid submission has taken place and currently, the bids are under evaluation. (Source: MEED)

18 February 2021

The commercial bid submission has been further extended to February 24, 2021. (Source: MEED)

25 January 2021

The commercial bid submission date has been further extended to February 17, 2021. (Source: MEED)

07 January 2021

The commercial bid submission date has been further extended to January 24, 2021. (Source: MEED)

09 December 2020

The commercial bid submission date has been further extended to January 10, 2021.

07 December 2020

The commercial bid submission is due on December 10, 2020 and it is expected to be further extended.

26 October 2020

The firms are in the process of preparing the commercial bid submission which is due on December 6, 2020 and MMEC Mannesmann is also the pre-qualified shortlisted company.

30 September 2020

The commercial bid submission date has been further extended to December 6, 2020.

16 September 2020

The commercial bid submission date has been further delayed until November 2020 due to adverse market conditions and the client has begun a series of meetings with contractors to discuss scope of work and other aspects related to the project. (Source: MEED)

16 July 2020

The commercial bid submission date has been further extended to November 2, 2020.

15 May 2020

The commercial bid submission date has been further extended to July 31, 2020.

16 April 2020

The commercial bid submission date has been further extended to May 31, 2020.

30 March 2020

The commercial bid submission date has been further extended to April 22, 2020. (Source: MEED)

13 March 2020

The client has scheduled the commercial bid submission date on March 29, 2020. (Source: MEED)

05 February 2020

The technical evaluation is underway and the commercial bids are yet to be submitted.

06 January 2020

The technical evaluation is underway and the commercial submission date is yet to be issued. (Source: MEED)

05 December 2019

Tecnimont, JV of Petrofac and Samsung Engineering, JV of Archirodon, Sinopec and CCC, Dodsal, have submitted the technical bids.

04 December 2019

The commercial bids are due to be submitted in January 2020 and the contract is expected to be awarded by the end of the first quarter of 2020. (Source: MEED)

20 November 2019

Maire Tecnimont, Consolidated Contractor Company amongst others have submitted bids for the project.

12 November 2019

The technical bid submission has taken place and Petrofac, Archirodon, Dodsal has submitted the bids amongst the few other companies.

08 November 2019

The technical bid submission date has been further extended to November 11, 2019. (Source: MEED)

29 October 2019

The technical bid submission date has been further extended to October 31, 2019. (Source: MEED)

25 September 2019

The technical bid submission date has been further extended to October 13, 2019.

17 September 2019

The technical bid submission date has been extended to September 23, 2019.

20 August 2019

The technical bid submission date is due on September 9, 2019.

07 August 2019

ITB for the project has been issued on June 2019. The last date for technical bid submission is August 18, 2019 and for commercial submission, it is likely to be in October 2019. The following companies have been pre-qualified: Dodsal (UAE), Fluor (USA), TechnipFMC (France), Hyundai Engineering & Construction (South Korea), Maire Tecnimont (Italy), Samsung Engineering (South Korea), Petrofac (UK), Saipem (Italy), Daewoo Engineering and Construction (South Korea), Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain), JGC Corporation (Japan), Hyundai Engineering Company (South Korea), Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (South Korea), G S Engineering and Construction (South Korea), SK Engineering & Construction (South Korea), McDermott International (US), China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (China), Consolidated Contracting Engineering and Procurement Company – SAL offshore, National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC – UAE), Subsea7 (UK), Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering (India), Archirodon (Greece), China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company (China), Essar Projects (India), ENPPI (Egypt), Sinopec Engineering (China) and Siirtec Nigi (Italy). (Source: MEED)

13 May 2019

The ITB not yet issued for the project.

04 April 2019

The ITB for the project is expected to be issued by May 2019 and the EPC contract would be awarded in December 2019

05 February 2019

TATA projects have also submitted PQ for the project on January 26, 2019.

29 January 2019

Bechtel is carrying out the FEED activities and KBR is the PMC for the project. The following list of companies has submitted pre-qualifying documents for the EPC contract: Hyundai Engineering and Construction, Samsung Engineering, Larsen & Toubro, Saipem, Petrofac, McDermott, GS Engineering & Construction and JGC. (Source: MEED)

20 January 2019

Adnoc is in the process of shortlisting the pre-qualified companies for EPC contact. The list of following companies is aiming to pre-qualify for EPC contract. Hyundai Engineering and Construction (South Korea), Samsung Engineering (South Korea), Larsen & Toubro (India), Petrofac (UK), McDermott (USA), Saipem, GS Engineering & Construction (South Korea), JGC (Japan). PQ deadline has been extended to 26 January 2019. (Source: MEED)

24 December 2018

The Feed activities are underway.

06 November 2018

The Feed activities are underway, ITB is yet to be issued.

10 September 2018

PQ documents have not yet been issued for the project.

12 August 2018

PQ documents have not yet been issued for the project.

30 July 2018

PQ documents have not yet been issued for the project.

18 July 2018

The FEED is ongoing on the project and is expected to be completed in 2019.

06 June 2018

The feed is ongoing on the project and completion is expected in Q2 2019

04 June 2018

It is understood that the Expression of interest submission has been taken place on May 20, 2018. We are trying to identify the companies interested to participate in the project. Currently, the FEED is also ongoing on the project.