MEED reported that Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and the US' ConocoPhillips have set an October bid deadline for a major pipeline contract which is part of their USD 10 billion development of the Shah gas field in the south of the emirate.

The JV partners have set an October 11th 2009 deadline for the deal to build condensate, natural gas liquids and gas pipelines linking gas gathering and processing facilities at Shah with processing and distribution facilities at Habshan and a sulphur handling terminal at Ruwais.

The gas and NGL pipelines are both 36 inches in diameter and run 67 kilometers from Shah to Habshan. The condensate pipeline will run the full 129 kilometers from Shah to Ruwais.

The prequalified contractors are Athens based Consolidated Contractors Company, Lebanon's Contracting & Trading, Dodsal and National Petroleum Construction Company both UAE contractors, India's Punj Lloyd, Paris based Technip and Italy's Saipem.

(Sourced from MEED)