Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) and Saudi Aramco have awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts worth a total $300mn for a 350,000 b/d capacity pipeline to take Arabian Light crude oil from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, where it will supply the 267,000 b/d Sitra refinery.
The 115km, 30-in pipeline will be built in two sections. Saudi firm Al Robaya will undertake the 73km onshore section of the project, while the 42km offshore section will be built by the UAE’s National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC). (CONTINUED - 306 WORDS)
