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The Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery has a throughput capacity of more than 460,000 bpd (Image: KOC)

KNPC to award replacement substation

contract for Al Ahmadi refinery in Q1-2023

MIDDLE EAST KUWAIT National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) has Mina Al Ahmadi refinery by the second quarter
reportedly pushed back the schedule for award- of 2025, he said. In this capacity, the top bidder
ing a contract for engineering, procurement will be responsible for providing detailed design
and construction (EPC) services related to the services and procuring all necessary equipment
replacement of electrical substations at the Mina and materials for the new stations, as well as
Al Ahmadi refinery. constructing, testing and commissioning the
A source with knowledge of the matter told facilities.
Zawya Projects earlier this week that KNPC was KNPC has already contracted UK-based
now looking to wrap up the tender in the first Wood Group/AMEC Foster Wheeler to serve
quarter of next year. “The EPC tender was issued as its front-end engineering design (FEED)
on 5 June 2022. The bid submission deadline has consultant for the project, Zawya Projects noted.
been extended to 1 November, 2022. The con- In related news, KNPC announced in a Twit-
tract is now expected to be awarded by February ter post on October 10 that several units, includ-
2023,” he said. ing a gas plant, at the Mina Al Ahmadi refinery
According to the source, who was not had suspended operations due to an unexpected
named, the value of the contract is anticipated cut in cooling water supplies. It said that the
to amount to around $100mn. The winner of shutdown had not affected local fuel supplies or
the bidding contest will be expected to build exports but did not say when conditions were
and replace up to 15 electrical substations at the expected to return to normal. ™

PIPELINES
NMGP project could be approved next year

AFRICA A $25bn plan to build a natural gas pipeline Nigerian National Petroleum Co. Ltd (NNPCL),
from Nigeria to Morocco could be approved told Bloomberg.
next year, the head of Nigeria’s state oil company Kyari also noted that discussions on the Nige-
has revealed. “We will take a final investment ria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) scheme
decision next year,” Mele Kyari, group CEO of were ongoing.

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