The Mina Al Ahmadi refinery

Name of Client  KNPC - Kuwait National Petroleum Company
Estimated Budget $1.5 billion
Facility Type Gas Processing
Sector Gas
Status  Construction
Location  Mina Al Ahmadi
FEED  AMEC
PMC AMEC
Main Contractor Tecnicas Reunidas
Award Date Q2-2015


Project Status
Aug 2018 The project is 85% complete, the commissioning process will start in 8-9 months.


Project Scope
The scope of the scheme involves:
• Feed gas compressor
• Feed gas dehydration
• LPG dehydration
• NGL recovery
• Fractionation & product treating unit
• Substation
• Flare system
• Nitrogen generation & distribution system
• Air compression system

The renewed scope of the fifth gas train will also include:
• Pre-treatment unit
• Natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery unit
• Fractionation column
• Product treatment unit
• Propane refrigeration unit
• Deep refrigeration unit


Project Schedule
Feasibility Study 4Q-2010
PMC 2Q-2011
FEED 2Q-2011
EPC ITB 3Q-2014
Engineering & Procurement 2Q-2015
Construction 1Q-2016
Commissioning 2Q-2019
Completion 3Q-2019