December 03, 2008

Socotherm wins EUR 20 million contract in Kuwait

It is reported that Italian Socotherm was awarded a contract in Kuwait in association with Isoplus for a total value of about EUR 20 million.

The contract relating to the HFO Pipeline from MAA Refinery to Doha West Power Station issued by the Ministry of Energy of the Kuwaiti Government was awarded by the Kuwait Company Heavy Engineering Industries & Shipbuilding Co to Socotherm in association with Isoplus though its local sponsor Subiya Technical Company.

The project refers to the application of Polyurethane Foam insulation covered by a PE jacket on about 240 kilometer 20 inch pipes and fittings, their subsequent 3 layer polypropylene anticorrosion coating and field joints insulation at site.

Insulation works will be performed in Kuwait with plants expressly moved inside the Kuwait Pipe Industries & Oil Services C Pipe Mill starting by the end of December 2007 and they will be operated during almost the whole 2008.

Socotherm is one of the leading Companies in the field of pipe coating and insulation for the transport of energy.