Zallaf Libya Oil & Gas has issued a formal invitation for prequalification under Tender Number ENG-183-2025, seeking qualified contractors to provide geophysical and geotechnical surveys for a Central Processing Facility (CPF), a residential area, and an airstrip. The prequalification notice represents the earliest procurement stage — companies must first demonstrate technical and financial capability before being invited to tender.
Geophysical and geotechnical surveys at this stage are foundational site-investigation work. For a CPF, results will characterise subsurface soil conditions, bearing capacity, and potential hazard zones — data that directly informs civil engineering design, foundation specifications, and ultimately equipment procurement for the processing facility itself. The inclusion of a residential area and airstrip in the same scope suggests Zallaf is progressing a greenfield or significantly expanded field development that requires integrated surface infrastructure across a sizeable land footprint.
Zallaf Libya Oil & Gas operates under the umbrella of Libya's broader upstream sector, where international and domestically linked operators have been steadily rebuilding activity following years of production disruption. A CPF development of sufficient scale to warrant its own residential camp and airstrip signals a material, multi-year capital programme rather than an incremental workover or well-intervention campaign. Geotechnical findings from this scope will feed directly into FEED and detailed engineering phases that follow.
For international service companies considering participation, the prequalification stage is the critical entry point. Firms that are not registered and prequalified with Zallaf before the submission deadline will be excluded from the subsequent tender. Companies with relevant Libya operating experience, in-country logistics capability, and a track record in onshore geophysical and geotechnical survey work in MENA or sub-Saharan desert environments are the most competitive candidates at this stage.