Petrofac, the UK-based oil and gas facilities service provider, together with Indonesia’s IKPT, had earlier been confirmed at a public opening of bids as the lowest bidder for the contract to build the Gassi Touil liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in the industrial area in Arzew, Algeria.
Petrofac further noted that the prescribed bidding process called for contractors to submit a price for a minimum four million metric tonnes per annum LNG plant, and that bidders were to be evaluated on the basis of a price per tonne of guaranteed LNG in the storage tank.
The British facilities service provider believes it submitted a fully compliant bid and was the lowest bidder on the prescribed cost per tonne basis. It is reported to be seeking further clarification of the position with Sonatrach.
