KOC to Start Operating Gas Export Pipeline Project this Year

The Kuwait Oil Company expects to start operating a gas export pipeline project in northern Kuwait later this year.

The sources close to the project said that it is considered a strategic gas export line that extends from northern Kuwait to the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery. The project was subjected to significant delays related to the corona epidemic during the last quarter of 2021 and early 2022.

Currently, 96% of the work related to the project has been completed, according to one of the sources, who said that good progress has been made after the project suffered from the complications created by the repercussions of the epidemic and caused the work to be stopped.

KOC had awarded the contract for the project in 2019 to the Indian oil and gas company Larsen & Toubro. The four other companies competed for the project were Saipem, SK Engineering and Construction, Tecnicas Reunidas and SNC-Lavalin. The value of the project is 450 million dollars, and the company won the contract on a turnkey basis and a lump sum.

The main scope of work on the project includes the construction of a 30-inch diameter gas pipeline in addition to two 40-inch gas pipelines, and a connection point at the fence line at the refine. When completed, the gas export pipeline and associated facilities will be 145 km long.