Bahrain Bapco to Award Refinery Expansion Contract, Alwasat Says
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Bahrain Petroleum Co., or Bapco, expects to award a front-end engineering and design contract to expand its only refinery in the first quarter of next year, Alwasat reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Gordon Smith.
The state-run company will draw up a master plan for the project next month and complete the expansion in 2018, Smith said, according to the Bahraini newspaper. Bapco will also award construction contracts this year to enlarge the pipeline carrying oil to the refinery from neighboring Saudi Arabia, the report said.