ABU Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco) is pre-qualifying engineering, procurement and construction players for a shortlist to carry out work on the Bu Haseer offshore field development.

Several leading EPC contractors have been invited by Adma-Opco to participate in the pre-qualification process and a limited tender is expected to be issued later this year, industry sources said.

Bu Haseer is one of the key offshore fields in the Al Yasat concession area that is managed by the Al Yasat Petroleum Operations Company, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).

Although the field is managed by Al Yasat, the tender process for the full field development is being carried out by Adma-Opco.

Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) is said to be carrying out work on an early production scheme for the Bu Hasser field, with first oil targeted in the first quarter of 2018.

Bu Haseer’s full field development plan aims to double oil production from 8000 barrels per day, as envisaged in the EPS stage to 16,000 bpd over the next few years.

The EPC work for Bu Haseer has been split into four packages. The first involves facilities including one new wellhead tower, a well fluid pipeline from the new tower to the first wellhead tower for the EPS stage, subsea composite cables, water injection pipelines and modification of the Bu Haseer north wellhead tower.

The second and third packages comprise onshore brownfield work at Das and Zirku islands, while the fourth includes associated offshore brownfield work, sources added.

Contractors are expected to express their interest later this month.

Among players thought to be interested are NPCC, India's L&T, US major McDermott, UK-listed Petrofac, French giant TechnipFMC and CNPC unit China Petroleum Offshore Engineering (CPOE).

The Bu Hasser field is located 155 kilometres north-west of Abu Dhabi and between 15 and 20 kilometres from the Das and Zirku islands.

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Adma-Opco set to draw up shortlist for Bu Haseer