State-owned downstream operator Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has prequalified companies to bid on its planned molten sulphur-handling facility.

The project is due to be built at Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi refinery and has an estimated budget value of $100m.

According to sources close to the project, the following companies have prequalified to bid on the scheme:

• ABB (Switzerland)
• CB&I (US)
• Chiyoda Corporation (Japanese)
• CTCI Corporation (Taiwan)
• Daelim Industrial (South Korea)
• Daewoo Engineering and Construction (South Korea)
• Dodsal Engineering and Construction (India)
• Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries, ENPPI (Egypt)
• Flour Consultants (US)
• Foster Wheeler Energy Limited (UK)
• GS Engineering & Construction (South Korea)
• Hanwha Engineering & Construction Corporation (South Korea)
• Hyundai Engineering (South Korea)
• Hyundai Engineering & Construction (South Korea)
• Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea)
• JGC Corporation (Japan)
• KBR (US)
• Larsen & Toubro (India)
• Petrofac International Limited (UK)
• Punj Lloyd (India)
• SK Engineering & Construction (South Korea)
• Saipem (Italy)
• Samsung Engineering (South Korea)
• Sinopec Engineering (China)
• STX Heavy Industries (South Korea)
• Technip (France)
• Technip (Italy)
• Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain)

The bid submission date for prequalified companies is 19 June 2016.