INTERNATIONAL oil and gas facilities service provider Petrofac has been awarded a $543-million approx. lump-sum contract by Kuwait Oil Co (KOC) for engineering, procurement, and construction services for a new gas pipeline running from KOC’s Booster Station 131 in North Kuwait to its LPG plant located at the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery. Petrofac is the main contractor, and will commence work shortly on the 140-km long, 40-in pipeline, that will have a design capacity of 900m scft/d.

Commenting on the project, Maroun Semaan, chief executive of Petrofac’s Engineering & Construction division, said: “We are delighted to have been selected by KOC for this contract which continues our long-standing involvement in Kuwait with KOC with whom we have an excellent relationship, and consolidates further the group’s position in the Middle East.”