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Bahrain FSRU heads to US’ which includes oil storage terminals, a crude complex, mega-sized Al-Zour Refinery
project in Kuwait. Upon completion, the
oil refinery, an LNG terminal, a ship repair
Cove Point area, and power stations. The Damerjog grassroots complex is expected to be one of
Liquid Bulk Port will be developed in three
the largest refineries in the world and process
Bahrain’s floating storage and regasification construction phases over five years. 615,000 barrels of oil per day.
unit (FSRU) — the 173,400 cubic metres In a statement on Twitter, DPFZA says that “This significant milestone marks the
Bahrain Spirit — has left the country and is DDIP will be Djibouti’s first heavy industrial completion of several critical utility systems
declaring for the US’ Cove Point liquefaction and petrochemical base, and East Africa’s to start up and advance the refinery into
facility, according to Argus. only industrial complex with a road-port- commercial operations with our ongoing
The vessel departed Bahrain on August air-railway network. The new liquid bulk support,” said Mark Fields, president of
8, and is declaring for arrival at Cove Point port will enable Djibouti to become a leading Fluor’s global Energy & Chemicals business.
on September, likely to load a cargo, having oil product trading hub for East Africa’s “Timely delivery of the new Al-Zour Refinery
passed the Cape of Good Hope. petrochemical sector. is critical to the Kuwait economy. Our team
The FSRU’s single received cargo — DPFZA chairman Aboubaker Omar Hadi worked closely with KIPIC to continue with
delivered in March 2019 — was transferred hosted a groundbreaking ceremony attended about 15,000 workers on site to maintain
onto an onshore facility at the terminal, by Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh, progress throughout the COVID-19
following its completion in January this year, Djibouti prime minister Abdoulkader Kamil pandemic. This accomplishment was made
allowing the vessel to be available for short- Mohamed, the speaker of the Djibouti House possible through the joint venture team’s well-
term charters. Mohamed Ali Houmed, Ahmed Abdi Karie conceived health and safety strategy that was
Terminal operator Bahrain LNG — a joint Qoorqoor, president of Somalia’s Galmudug implemented with rigorous discipline.”
venture between Bermuda-based Teekay state and SOMAGEC president Roger Sahyoun, “Working together with the Fluor-led joint
LNG, Bahrain’s Noga Holdings, Kuwait’s DPFZA says on Twitter: ‘This is a venture to achieve this important milestone
Gulf Investment and South Korea’s Samsung major milestone as despite the challenges for the ZOR Program is a true success – not
C&T — intends to use the terminal to meet and disruptions coronavirus has caused only for KIPIC, but for the State of Kuwait –
its summer-peaking gas demand, but with globally, we have successfully continued with and will help bring energy self-sufficiency and
demand expected to slow as the country preparations for the future. DDIP will play a further prosperity for all of us,” said Khaled
enters winter, the operator may have offered key role in the development of Djibouti and Al-Awadhi, deputy CEO of KIPIC.
the FSRU on the spot and short-term charter the region.’. Leading up to this achievement, various
markets. This would allow some utilisation enabling facilities were successfully completed
of the vessel, which is on a long-term charter and handed over including the central control
from owner Teekay LNG. Fluor JV starts up boilers at room building and other associated buildings,
fire water systems, communication systems
Kuwait’s Al Zour refinery and other refinery infrastructure. COOEC
Somagec starts work on Fluor Corporation announced on September Fluor Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. – Fluor’s joint
venture fabrication yard in Zhuhai, China –
new oil terminal in Djibouti 10 that its joint venture with Daewoo also delivered 188 modules with a combined
weight of 65,000 metric tons to support
Engineering & Construction and Hyundai
Moroccan civil engineering firm Somagec Heavy Industries, FDH JV, had successfully the project’s large-scale, onshore modular
has launched construction works on a new started up two boilers and they began execution strategy.
oil jetty for the Damerjog Liquid Bulk Port in generating steam in the new Al-Zour Refinery The Fluor joint venture has executed more
Djibouti Damerjog Industrial Park (DDIP), at the Kuwait Integrated Petrochemicals than 154mn work hours on site, and at peak,
Djibouti. Industrial Company’s (KIPIC) Package 2 and employed more than 20,000 craft workers
The oil jetty will be 3 km long and will 3 Project in Kuwait. backed by joint venture team members spread
accommodate vessels from 5,000 to 100,000 Fluor is leading a joint venture that across three continents..
DWT and ships from 2,000 to 30,000 DWT, is working to deliver two engineering,
according to media reports. It will serve the procurement, fabrication and construction
new port, being developed by the Djibouti packages for key process support units,
Ports and Free Zones Authorities (DPFZA), utilities and infrastructure for the highly

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