Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
Volume 40 Issue 5
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OAPEC Member
Countries
On 13 April 2014, under the auspices
and attendance of the Minister of Oil and
Minister of National Assembly Affairs Dr
Ali Al Omair,
Kuwait’s Clean Fuel Project
contracts were signed by Kuwait National
Petroleum Company (KNPC), an affiliate
to Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC),
and the companies who won the project’s
bid. The ceremony took place at KNPC’s
headquarters in Ahmadi and has been
attended by Kuwait’s senior oil sector leaders
and officials, Ambassadors of the countries
whose companies won the bid, and the media.
The project’s total cost is KD 3.4 billion
and is distributed as follows:
1. Mina Abdulla 1 refinery upgrade by
Petrofac, worth KD1.07 billion
2. Mina Abdulla 2 refinery upgrade by
Flour, worth KD962 million
3. Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery upgrade by
JGC, worth KD1.36 billion
The Clean fuel project is one of the most
important KNPC strategic projects. It aims
at upgrading and expanding Mina Abdulla
and Mina Al Ahmadi and supporting their
integration to become a refining complex
capable of meeting the local and global
petroleum demands- quantity and quality-
wise- in the near future. It also aims
at developing technical and economic
performance to boost competitiveness and
achieve highest returns while maintaining
highest environmental and safety standards in
line with KPC’s trends.
The project should be completed by 2018.
The refining capacity of Mina Al Ahmadi and
Mina Abdulla will go up to 800,000 barrels a
day by the completion of the project.
Dr Ali Al Omair
Kuwait Signs Clean Fuel
Project Contracts
