Saudi Aramco has given contractors in its Long-Term Agreement (LTA) pool of offshore service providers additional time to prepare bids for three tenders related to the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of key structures at various offshore oil and gas fields. The three tenders are numbers 158, 159 and 160 on Aramco’s Contracts Release and Purchase Order (CRPO) system. Aramco has set a deadline of 24 February for the submission of bids for CRPOs 158, 159 and 160. The Saudi energy giant issued CRPOs 158, 159 and 160 to its offshore LTA contractors in late November, and set an initial bid submission deadline of 15 January. The deadline was then extended until 26 January. The scope of work on CRPO 158 covers the EPCI of 11 jackets at various offshore fields, including Abu Safah, Berri and Manifa. Aramco has stipulated that three of the jackets be fabricated in-kingdom. CRPO 159 involves the EPCI of three production deck modules at offshore fields, including Abu Safah, Berri and Manifa. CRPO 160 relates to the EPCI of three more production deck modules at offshore fields, including Abu Safah, Berri and Manifa. Aramco’s LTA pool of offshore service providers comprises the following entities: Saipem (Italy) McDermott International (US) Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (India) / Subsea7 (UK) Dynamic Industries (US) NMDC Energy (UAE) Lamprell (UAE/Saudi Arabia) Sapura Energy (Malaysia) TechnipFMC (France) / MMHE (Malaysia) China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (China) Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea) (ICE RIYADH)

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