Four major international contracting consortiums have entered the bidding race for the main plant package of the Bab Gas Cap development in Abu Dhabi, valued at approximately $8 billion, according to Construction Review. The tender covers EPC Package 1, the largest of four planned packages for the project located in the Bab field about 170 kilometers from Abu Dhabi city.
The bidding groups include two partnerships featuring Chinese state-owned contractors: Tecnimont bidding alongside China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC), and Technip Energies partnering with JGC Corporation and Sinopec. The other two competing teams are Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon with Samsung E&A, and Saipem alongside Abu Dhabi-based NMDC Energy. Additional contractors have also received invitations.
ADNOC Gas issued the tender on June 25, 2026. While technical submissions were originally scheduled for July 17, the submission deadline was extended by four months to November 16, 2026, according to MEED. Worley Engineering previously completed the front-end engineering design (FEED) under a contract awarded in December 2024.
The project is designed to process up to 1.85 billion cubic feet of additional raw gas per day, expanding ADNOC Gas's processing capacity by more than 20%. The upstream concession, awarded in June 2026 by Abu Dhabi's Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs, is held by ADNOC (60%), TotalEnergies (10%), BP (10%), CNPC (8%), JODCO/INPEX (5%), China ZhenHua Oil (4%), and Korea GS Energy (3%).
Construction Review noted that the wider project remains subject to a final investment decision by ADNOC Gas, which is taking a cautious approach as it assesses feed gas composition, market demand, and commercial parameters before officially confirming construction schedules and final contract awards.
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- Construction Review · 2026-09-28
