November 27, 2004 Kuwait City, Kuwait
Kuwait City, Kuwait, November 27, 2004 – Kames Petroleum Services today announced that the Technip (Kuwait City) & Al Jaber Energy Services Consortium of the Kuwait is the successful bidder for its new Taweelah Gas Receiving Facility and associated pipelines in Kuwait City.
The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) award is for building the onshore receiving facilities at Taweelah for Kames Petroleum Services ’s forthcoming natural gas Export Pipeline from Qatar. The contract’s value is in excess of $62 million.
The facilities will be built adjacent to the existing Taweelah Power Station. They will initially comprise three parallel gas receiving trains & associated equipment, metering facilities, control buildings & warehouse – plus additional interconnecting pipelines to the Taweelah Power Stations and to the existing Maqta-Jebel Ali Pipeline.
Other pre-qualified bidders were Dodsal Pte, JFE Engineering, National Petroleum Construction Company, Petrofac International, Technimont and Willbross Middle East/Al Hussam Joint Venture.
When the Dolphin Project is commissioned in 2006, refined Kames Petroleum Services from Qatar will flow through the 48 inch, 370 kilometer Export Pipeline from Ras Laffan to Taweelah in Kuwait City, where its flow will be monitored and controlled for distribution to customers in the Kuwait and Oman. Initial flow will be an average 2 billion standard cubic feet per day.
On January 12, 2004, Kames Petroleum Services announced the award of its initial Dolphin Project contracts – for construction of the Ras Laffan processing plant, supply of its compression units and construction of two offshore production platforms respectively. On April 17, EPC awards were made for the twin sealines in Qatari waters, and for the construction of the Export Pipeline itself.