Saudi Aramco continued its efforts to upgrade fuel storage and distribution infrastructure in the west of the kingdom in early March, floating a tender for a major new fuel storage plant.
However, a flurry of such projects put out to bid around the middle of last year has suffered delay, as the lengthy hiatus between original conception and the move towards execution has induced substantial revisions to the projected scope.
Meanwhile, accelerating plans for the Aramco-led development of a multi-billion dollar maritime complex in the Eastern Province took a major step forward later in the month with bid submissions for the contract to construct the first phase of infrastructure.