Petrofac has announces that it has been awarded a KWD147 million lump sum contract by Kuwait Oil Company.

The contract is for engineering, procurement and construction services for a new gas pipeline running from Kuwait Oil Company’s Booster Station 131 in North Kuwait to its liquefied petroleum gas plant located at the Mina Al Ahmadi refinery.

Petrofac is the main contractor and will commence work shortly, undertaking engineering design, procurement and construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning of the pipeline. The project is expected to last for 21 months.

The pipeline, approximately 140 kilometers long, will transport gas from Kuwait’s northern fields for processing at Mina Al Ahmadi refinery before being transported to Kuwait’s power generation plants.

Mr Maroun Semaan CEO of Petrofac’s Engineering & Construction division said that “We are delighted to have been selected by Kuwait Oil Company for this contract which continues our longstanding involvement in Kuwait with Kuwait Oil Company whom we have an excellent relationship and consolidates further the group’s position in the Middle East.”

(Sourced from www. menareport.com)