Adnoc has awarded a $30mn contract to provide detailed engineering services for a period of three years to Bilfinger Tebodin Middle East for its onshore North East Bab project. North East Bab is part of the Bab field, which has a production capacity of almost 450,000 bpd. (November 2022)

• The FEED study has been completed by Petrofac. (August 2014)
• The EPC tender has been issued for the project. Technical bids are due to be submitted in December. (October 2014)
• EPC bids submission deadline has been extended to January 2015. (November 2014)
• Client is still finalizing technical qualification of bidders for the project. (May 2015)
• Commercial bids are submitted for the project. (July 2015)
• EPC tender has been cancelled after evaluation of commercial bids for the project. (December 2015)
• Firms have been invited to submit EPC bids by 14 February, 2017 on a major project at the Bab oil and gas field. (January 2017)
• EPC bids submission deadline has been extended to 14 April, 2017. (February 2017)
• EPC bids have been received for the contract to expand oil production facilities at the Bab oil and gas field. The bidders for the contract are: China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Company (CPECC), JGC of Japan / National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) of UAE, Petrofac of UK, Saipem of Italy, SK Engineering & Construction of South Korea / Intecsa of Spain, and Tecnicas Reunidas of Spain. Deadline to submit commercial bids is 9 May, 2017. (March 2017)
• Commercial offers have been submitted for Bab Integrated Facilities Expansion Project and the contract is likely to be awarded soon. (July 2017)
• Adco has sought revised commercial bids, this month, for the Bab project. (August 2017)
• Companies that are asked to submit revised bids are - China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Company (CPECC), JGC of Japan, Intecsa of Spain, Tecnicas Reunidas of Spain, National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) of UAE, Petrofac of UK, Saipem of Italy, and SK Engineering & Construction of South Korea. (September 2017)
• Five firms have submitted the revised commercial bids for EPC contract on a project to expand oil production facilities at the Bab oil and gas field. (September 2017)
• CPECC is said to have finalised terms with the client for EPC contract award. (October 2017)
• EPC contract to upgrade Bab onshore oilfield to sustain and enhance output capacity has been awarded to China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC), affiliated to China National Petroleum (CNPC). (November 2017)
• CPECC has awarded an integrated automation, electrification and telecom subcontract worth $79 million to ABB for the upgrade of the Bab Onshore Field in Abu Dhabi. The upgrade will include a fully integrated ABB Electrical, Control and Telecommunication (ECT) solution with 45 power and capacitor bank skids, as well as centralized and localized automation systems. ABB Ability digital oilfield technology will further enhance the ECT solution to remotely monitor and analyze field performance where multiple oil wells will be co-located in one place. Once installed, it is expected to reduce the oilfield’s operating expenditures by 10 to 15 per cent. (November 2018)
• Ducab has been selected for supplying a complete range of cables for the Bab Integrated Facility Project. (November 2018)
• Adnoc Onshore has invited firms to submit technical bids by 17 February, 2019 for the output sustainability works at the Bab oil and gas field. The contract scope will involve EPC works to install and modify sustainable facilities at the Bab onshore field. (January 2019)
• The technical bids submission deadline for the output sustainability works worth $250 million has been extended deadline to 3 March, 2019. (February 2019)
• Adnoc Onshore has received technical bids for the output sustainability works worth $250 million at the Bab oil and gas field. The bidders include: CAT of Lebanon, CCC of Lebanon/Chiyoda CCC Engineering Limited of UAE, CPECC of China, Descon of Pakistan, Dodsal of UAE, Saipem of Italy, and TechnipFMC of France. The commercial bids will be invited in 1-1.5 months time. The contract scope involves EPC works to install and modify sustainable facilities at the Bab onshore field. It covers drilling of oil production and water injection wells, including the installation of early production system (EPS) wells. (April 2019)
• Adnoc Onshore has awarded the EPC contract to Archirodon Construction Overseas SA Co (Archirodon) to upgrade its giant Bab onshore field, one of its largest onshore producing assets, located 160 kilometers southwest of Abu Dhabi city. The investment is valued at AED1.8 billion ($489 million). Archirodon will build the facilities and infrastructure required to sustain long-term crude oil production capacity of the field at 485,000 bpd. The contract has a term of 39 months. The project scope includes the development of oil producing wells, water injection wells, artificial lift wells, well-bays, let down stations, water injection clusters and other infrastructure required to sustain the production capacity of the field. (November 2019)
• Adnoc has awarded a contract worth $227 million (AED 834 million) to RobtStone (ME) LLC for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) of Abu Dhabi’s giant Bab field. The technology will use advanced polymers and CO2 captured from our Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) facility, Al Reyadah, to boost recoverable reserves up to 70% while unlocking additional barrels of Murban crude. The project marks another step towards boosting oil production capacity to 5 million barrels per day by 2030. (March 2022)
• Adnoc has awarded the front-end engineering and design contract to Kent of Dubai for the full field development of its onshore Bab Far North project. The contract scope involves 22 new oil producers and 32 WAG (water and gas) injectors, along with multiple pads. A carbon dioxide recovery plant and injection facilities, oil, water and CO2 injection networks and other associated surface facilities are also envisaged. (September 2022)