Final bids are due by the end of September for the onshore turnkey contract at the Browse LNG project in Western Australia.
The multibillion-dollar engineering, procurement and construction race pits the CJV joint venture comprising Chiyoda Corporation, CB&I and Saipem against the KLH group of KBR, Leighton Contractors and John Holland.
The rivals have performed parallel FEED studies for a 12 million tonnes per annum LNG facility with three trains, plus associated infrastructure.
The bidding process has been carried out in stages, it is understood, with initial offerings already submitted.
Browse operator Woodside said this week that final bids for the onshore EPC contract are due in the third quarter of 2012.
CB&I chief executive Philip Asherman said recently that Browse should be awarded by...
