A final bid, including economic aspects, is due by end of June next year.
BHP said on Monday that it was in talks with Statoil and PetroSA over a joint bid.
It would be the first plant of its kind in Algeria and the first for Statoil.
Australian mining and energy group BHP Billiton joined Norway's Statoil
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