Preliminary works for the Kuwaiti megaproject are ongoing
- The Clean Fuels Project will upgrade and expand Kuwaits Mina al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries
- Project is worth $16bn and packages worth $12bn were awarded over 2014
- Peripheral structures such as security fencing and gates have already been constructed
Construction of permanent structures as part of the Kuwait National Petroleum Companys (KNPC) $16bn Clean Fuels Project is due to start before the end of July according sources close to the project.
Peripheral structures such as security fencing and gates as well as temporary offices have already been constructed, survey work is ongoing and construction work is expected to ramp up quickly over the next two months, according to one source.
The Clean Fuels Project will upgrade and expand Kuwaits Mina al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries and saw three packages worth a total of $12bn awarded over 2014.
These packages were:
- The $3.8bn Mina Abdullah package one, which was won by a joint venture of Petrofac (UK), Samsung Engineering (South Korea) and CB&I Lummus (US)
- The $3.4bn Mina Abdullah package two, which was won by a joint venture of Daewoo Engineering & Construction (South Korea), Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea), and Fluor (US)
- The $4.8bn Mina al-Ahmadi package, which was won by a joint venture of GS Engineering & Construction (South Korea), SK Engineering & Construction (South Korea), and JGC Corporation (Japan)
The Clean Fuels Project was first announced in 2007 and in February 2008, KNPC awarded technology contracts for the scheme to several international firms, including US engineering and technical services company Chevron Lummus. Orders for 37 reactors and vessels were placed, but the project stalled in 2009.
Kuwaits Supreme Petroleum Council reviewed the project in 2010 and the plans were finally approved in June 2011.
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