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Contractors are preparing to submit bids for a key gas sweetening and sulphur recovery facility in West Kuwait on 19 February, according to industry sources.

The bid deadline for the project has been extended several times in the past, but no further extensions are now expected, according to industry sources.

In June, MEED reported that companies from China, the US and Kuwait had an interest in winning the contract. These included China’s Jereh, US-based SLB and Kuwait’s Spetco.

Other companies that have shown interest in the project include:

• Mechanical Engineering & Contracting Company (Kuwait)
• Al-Khorayef (Saudi Arabia)
• HBP (China)
• Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL - India)

The project will use the build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract model and has been split into two parts.

In instructions provided to contractors, they were told that the two stages would be performed independently.

The execution stage will include:

• Licensing
• Design
• Engineering
• Health, safety and environment services
• Project management
• Supply
• Shipment
• Procurement
• Construction
• Testing
• Mechanical completion
• Pre-commissioning
• Commissioning
• Stabilisation
• Performance testing of the facility

The operation and maintenance stage will include:

• Operation and maintenance of the facility
• Performance of all associated safety, quality control and environmental protection services
• All other inherent and related obligations

In November 2024, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), Kuwait Oil Company’s parent company, confirmed that it plans to spend $410bn on its long-term energy strategy.

Bader Ebrahim Al-Attar, KPC’s managing director of planning and finance, said his company plans to spend the money until 2050.

The strategy involves raising KPC’s overall oil production capacity to 4 million barrels a day by 2035.

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