Name of Client  Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Estimated Budget 1,500,000,000

Facility Type  Gas Processing

Sector Gas

Status  Construction

Location Mina Al Ahmadi

FEED Wood Group

PMC Wood Group

Main Contractor Tecnicas Reunidas

Contract Value $ 1,450,000,000

Background
Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery (MAA) was built in 1949 as a simple refinery with a refining capacity not exceeding 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) to supply the local market with its needs of gasoline, kerosene and diesel. The refinery is located 45 km to the South of Kuwait City on the Arabian Gulf. It covers a total area of 10,534,000 sq m. 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 part of a long-term strategy to increase the domestic production of the associated and non-associated gases. The plan was formulated by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), the parent company of KNPC.

Project Status
January 2019: The project completion rate has reached 88 per cent and the commissioning process will start in 8 to 9 months.

Project Schedules
Feasibility Study 4Q-2010

PMC 2Q-2011

FEED 2Q-2011

EPC ITB 3Q-2014

Engineering & Procurement 2Q-2015

Construction 1Q-2016

Commissioning 2Q-2019

Completed 3Q-2019