(Adds details, background) DOHA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - U.S. firm Occidental is the front runner to win a contract to overhaul Bahrain's Awali onshore oilfield, the Gulf Arab state's top energy official said on Sunday. "We have ranked them (bidders) and Occidental is number one," Abdul-Hussein Mirza told reporters. Bahrain will go back to the three bidders and give them an opportunity to improve their offers, Mirza said, on the sidelines of a meeting of Gulf Arab oil ministers. Besides...
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