Fluor's Joint Venture Wins EPC Contract for Massive Kuwait Refinery

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has selected FDH JV, a joint venture equally invested by Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas), Daewoo Engineering and Construction (Seoul, South Korea), and Hyundai Heavy Industries (Ulsan, South Korea), for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services at the planned Al-Zour oil refinery project in Kuwait. Industrial Info is tracking $10.7 billion in active projects at the refinery.

When completed, the new refinery complex is expected to be one of the largest in the world, with a 615,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) capacity. Kuwait's total capacity will increase more than 50%. It is to be built on a greenfield site located south of Kuwait City. Among the individual projects tracked by Industrial Info:

• $2 billion in offsite utilities and unit additions, including the construction of a steam-generation unit, air systems, a nitrogen unit and water systems. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• The $600 million addition of two naphtha hydrotreater units, each with a capacity of 18,200 BBL/d, to treat straight-run naphtha that will produce low-sulfur and non-detectable metals. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $1.5 billion in marine-dock additions to improve the loading and unloading of crude oil. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• The $800 million addition of three diesel hydrotreater units that will produce ultra-low sulfur diesel. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• The $2 billion construction of a storage tank farm. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $800 million in additions at a sulfur recovery complex, including three trains each for a sulfur-recovery unit, an amine regeneration unit, and a sour water-stripper unit. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• The $600 million addition of two kerosene hydrotreater units that will produce low-sulfur, high-quality dual purpose kerosene and aviation turbine fuel. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $600 million in additions at a hydrogen complex, including four trains with capacities of 145 million standard cubic feet per day. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $800 million in additions for three atmospheric residue desulfurization units, which will produce low-sulfur fuel oil for supply to the Kuwait Ministry of Energy, Electricity and Water. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• The $1 billion construction of three crude oil-processing units. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.

Industrial Info also is tracking the construction of two major pipelines that will connect to the Al Zour refinery:

• The $15 million construction of a 30-kilometer, 24-inch-diameter pipeline to transport about 100,000 BBL/d of crude oil from the Al Wafra crude oil-gathering station to the Al Zour refinery. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.
• The $30 million construction of a 55-kilometer, 24-inch-diameter pipeline to transport about 270,000 BBL/d of crude oil from a tank farm in Mina Al Ahmadi to the refinery. For details, see Industrial Info's project report.

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