Oman issues tenders for steam and power plants

Muscat: State-run Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has issued three tenders for the construction of steam production facilities and a power plant in the south of the country, its website said.

PDO is Oman's largest oil producer and an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell. It pumped 633,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Oman's crude and condensate output of 757,000 bpd in 2008.

The first contract on offer was for the construction of processing facilities for feed water, steam, oil and gas along with their associated utilities.

The second includes the installation of aquifer pumps and pipelines.

The work under both contracts will be at the Amal crude field for its steam production facilities.

Companies interested in bidding have until February 7, 2010 to make submissions to PDO. The award date is sheduled to be in June 2010.