Four contractors have made the grade to bid in an upstream tender for the 9.2 million tonnes per annum Arrow LNG export project in Australia.

WorleyParsons, KBR, Amec with Clough and Technip with Wood Group are known have participated in a pre-qualification exercise held by operating partners Shell and PetroChina with others expected to follow.

The front-end engineering and design contract has the potential to roll over into a lucrative engineering, procurement and construction management services deal at the coalbed methane-fed project.