Six companies, out of the 37 pre-qualified, attended the pre-tender meetings in mid-January 2004 for two separate contracts in Kuwait covering the expansion of existing Gathering Centers (GC’s) and Crude Oil Processing and Compressor Trains in western Kuwait. Bids are due to be submitted for both the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts on 22nd February 2004.
   The larger of the two contracts, estimated to be worth $85 Million, calls for the revamp and extension of the medium crude processing facilities at GC-28. The scheme is aimed at handling an additional 40,000 barrels a day (b/d) of crude at GC-28, which is located at the Minagish field and has nameplate capacity of about 200,000 b/d. The following companies attended the pre-tender meeting in January:

    The following companies attended the pre-tender meeting on 10th January 2004 for the second EPC Contract, worth US$66 million, which covers the expansion of GC-27 and the modification of a light crude processing train:

    Located at Umm Gudair, the project involves increasing the capacity of the facility to 220,000 b/d from 190,000 b/d. The scheme also calls for the construction of a new desalter unit and the supply and installation of an effluent water separation facility. Parsons has completed the front-end engineering and design work. US-based Fluor Daniel is acting as Project Management Consultant and the client is Kuwait Oil Company.