Name of client : KOC – Kuwait Oil Company

Budget : $2.5 billion

Facility type : Gas Gathering Centre

Sector : Gas

Status : Construction

Location : Northern Kuwait

Feed : AMEC

PMC : AMEC

Main contractor : Dodsal, Petrofac, L&T – Larsen & Toubro

Background

Kuwait’s oil fields are connected to 26 gathering centers, which serve as a collection location for crude produced at several wells connected by flowlines, providing initial treatment through the separation of associated gas and removing salt. The three new gathering centres are needed as part of KOC’s long-term strategy to develop the oil fields of North Kuwait.

Project status

July 2016: Overall project construction works will be 25 percent completed by the end of July 2016.

Project scope

The scope of the project involves the construction of 3 gathering centres. Each GC will be designed to handle up-to 100 BPD and up-to 240 MBWPD of water and 60 MMSCFD of associated gas. Each of the gathering centres has to be able to meet the following criteria:

• Produce oil at 100bpd

• Handle water up to a rate of 240MBWPD

• Handle gas from wet fluids at upto 60MMSCFD

• Oil product must meet the Kuwait exports crude requirement

• Export water to the central injection pumping facilities or disposal

• Export gas to lower pressure to BS131 and or BS132 for compression

Each of the facilities will be divided into 6 main process systems:

• Gas / Liquid Separation

• Oil / Water Separation

• Dehydration and desalting

• Tank gas compression and gas handling

• Crude oil storage and transfer

• Effluent water treatment and handling

Project finance

The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) is the client.

Project schedule

Feasibility Study Q1-2011

EPC ITB Q1-2014

Engineering & Procurement Q3-2014

Construction Q4-2015

Completion Q4-2017