Name of client : KNPC – Kuwait National Petroleum Company

Budget : $15.5 billion

Facility type : Refinery

Sector : Refining

Status : Engineering & Procurement

Location : Ahmadi

Feed : Fluor Corp, Honeywell

PMC : AMEC

Main contractor : Tecnicas Reunidas, Saipem, SK Engineering & Construc tion, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Hanwha Engi neering & Construction, Fluor Corporation, Essar, Sinopec Engineering Group (SEG) and Daewoo Engineering and Con struction

Background

The Al-Zour new refinery is key to Kuwait’s hopes of meeting growing power demand. The 615,000 barrel-a-day (bpd) facility will supply 225,000 bpd of low-sulphur fuel oil for power generation. The scheme will be one of the largest single-phase refineries ever built. The refinery will ultimately provide low sulphur fuels to power stations. The project has been tendered twice before, only to be awarded and cancelled before construction could begin.

The five packages are as follows: Package 1 (Main Process Plant), Package 2 (Support Process Plant), Package 3 (Utilities & Offsites), Package 4 (Tankage), Package 5 (Marine Facilities).

Project status

February 2016: KNPC is announcing it will set up a new company called KBRC to run the Al Zour New Refinery. KRBC will also run the LNG Import and Regasification Terminal and the Olefins 3 petrochemical Complex when it is integrated to the refinery.

Project scope

The scope of the scheme involves the construction of five packages of process units and associated facilities.

Project schedule

Feasibility Study Q4-2004

PMC Q4-2012

FEED Q4-2013

EPC ITB Q3-2015

Engineering & Procurement Q3-2015

Completion Q4-2019