Name of client: KNPC – Kuwait National    Petroleum Company
Budget: $2 billion
Facility Type: Gas Production
Sector: Gas
Status: Construction
Location: Mina Al Ahmadi
Feed: AMEC
PMC: AMEC
Main Contractor: Tecnicas Reunidas


Background
The Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) is in the process of building and installing an additional Fifth Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) train to the Mina Al Ahmadi Refinery. The previously completed fourth LPG train and the new Fifth LPG train are a part of a long-term strategy to increase the domestic production of the associated and non-associated gases. The plan was formulated by the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation  (KPC), the parent company of the KNPC.

Project status
April 2017: HEISCO awards Cape a contract for painting, insulation and passive fire protection.

Project scope
The renewed scope of the fifth gas train will also includes:
• Pre-treatment unit
• Natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery unit
• Fractionation column
• Product treatment unit
• Propane refrigeration unit
• Deep refrigeration unit
• Sour water stripper
• De-mineralised water plant
• Fuel gas treatment unit
• Utilities

KNPC has specified that the new gas liquefaction unit should have a design capacity of 805 million cubic feet per day (cfd) of gas and 106.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of external condensate, in addition to the condensate produced in the NGL recovery section of the process. Product recoveries should be at least 75 per cent ethane, 97 per cent propane and 99 per cent butane. Current and future non-associated gas from the Jurassic and Dorra gas fields will also be considered in the gas train’s design.

Project finance
The Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) is the client of the project.

Project schedule
Feasibility Study Q4-2010
PMC Q2-2011
FEED Q2-2011
EPC ITB Q3-2014
Engineering & Procurement Q2-2015
Construction Q1-2016
Completion Q1-2018