Kuwait Oil Co. (KOC) has awarded contracts to Hyundai Engineering & Construction and the UK-based Petrofac worth USD 1.8 billion for the development of pipelines from Mina al Ahmadi refinery to the country’s power plants. Hyundai won the USD 1.39 billion deal for package one and Petrofac was awarded package two worth USD 402 million. Although eligible to bid for both packages, engineering contractors were only allowed to be awarded one of the deals. Hyundai will now build a series of pipelines for KOC including low sulphur oil pipelines, running from Kuwait National Petroleum Co.’s (KNPC) refinery at Mina al Ahmadi to power plants across the country. The pipelines will provide feedstock to power plants at Doha East and West, Subiya, Shuaiba and Al Zour. The project is broken down into two packages. The first will be carried out by Hyundai and includes the installation of three 48in pipelines and a single 40in pipeline. The company will also build a pumping station at Mina al Ahmadi and install metering and corrosion monitoring systems. The second package, which will be carried out by Petrofac involves the installation of a second fuel gas pipeline from Mina al Ahmadi to a fuel gas booster station and onto the Subiya and Doha power stations.
