State-owned upstream operator Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has issued an invitation to bid (ITB) for a contract to construct a new gas sweetening facility in West Kuwait.

The facility, known as BS-171, has an estimated budget of $300m and the deadline for bid submission is 1 April 2018.

The project’s scope includes the construction of two trains, each with capacity of 60 million cubic feet a day (mcf/d).

On 16 October last year, MEED reported that KOC was preparing to tender the facility with an eye on releasing the ITB before the end of 2017.

Under current plans the project comprises of construction of two trains with capacity of 60 million cubic feet a day (mcf/d) each.

The gas will be fed from gathering centres GC-17, GC-27 GC-28 and GC-16.

The scope of the work includes:

• Gas sweetening facility
• Construction of the trains
• Supporting network & interface works
• Incineration system
• Associated facilities

The companies that have prequalified to bid on the contract are:

• China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (China)
• Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea)
• Saipem (Italy)
• SK E&C (South Korea)
• ABB (Switzerland)
• Amec Foster Wheeler (UK)
• Daelim (South Korea)
• Consolidated Contractors Company (Lebanon)
• Engineers India (India)
• KBR (US)
• Daewoo E&C (South Korea)
• Kvaerner (Norway)
• Chiyoda Corporation (Japan)
• Joannou & Paraskevaides (Cyprus)
• Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain)
• Techint (Italy)
• Petrofac (UK)
• Parsons (US)
• Technip (France)
• Entrepose Contracting (France)
• Larsen & Toubro (India)
• JGC Corporation (Japan)
• SNC Lavalin (Canada)
• GS Engineering & Construction (South Korea)
• Washington Group (US)
• Air Liquide (France)
• National Petroleum Construction Company (UAE)
• Samsung Engineering (South Korea)
• Tekfen Construction (Turkey)