US liquefaction developer NextDecade is set to review bid packages from US contracting giants Bechtel and Fluor for the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the proposed Rio Grande liquefied natural gas export facility in Texas, writes Caroline Evans.

NextDecade confirmed it had received the contractors’ proposals by the 22 April deadline.

The technical and commercial bids are for fully wrapped lump-sum turnkey EPC contracts for the project, which envisages six 4.5