Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 19

9-May-2005

kuwait

Tender For Fourth Refinery Expected Early 2006

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) will tender for the construction of a fourth, 600,000 b/d capacity, oil refinery in early 2006, its Chairman Sami al-Rashid said on 1 May. He added that the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase should be complete in February 2006. Fluor is project management consultant for the proposed new facility (MEES, 22 November 2004). The Ministry of...