Mega Clean Fuels Project Handed Over To Knpc

Fluor Corporation, the US-based multinational engineering and construction company, announced last week that its joint venture with South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries successfully achieved final provisional turnover of the facilities for Kuwait National Petroleum Company’s (KNPC) Mina Abdullah Package 2 (MAB2) Clean Fuels Project in southern Kuwait.

Speaking on the occasion, Mark Fields, president of Fluor’s global Energy & Chemicals business said: “This significant milestone marks the completion and successful handover of MAB2 facilities to KNPC. It has been an honor to complete this megaproject alongside KNPC while training hundreds of their personnel and leveraging multiple local suppliers and contractors. We look forward to providing ongoing support to the refinery’s commercial operations and helping KNPC deliver on its mission to strengthen Kuwait’s economy by producing high-quality fuels to meet both local and international demand.”

The strategic Clean Fuels Project involved expanding and upgrading KNPC’s Mina Abdullah and Mina Al-Ahmadi refineries to develop an integrated refining complex with a total capacity of 800,000 barrels per day to meet local and international demand for clean fuels. The project is expected to boost Kuwait’s global position in the Oil Refining industry.

Work on the prestigious project which began in January 2015 was executed on three KNPC-owned and operated refineries in Kuwait. As part of the program, KNPC plans to retire existing processing facilities at the Shuaiba Refinery and perform a major upgrade and expansion of the Mina Abdulla and Mina Al-Ahmadi refineries to integrate the refining system into one complex with full conversion operations.

“Working together with the Fluor-led joint venture team to achieve this important milestone for the CFP is a true success not only for KNPC but for the State of Kuwait as well, as it will bring further prosperity for all of us,” said Abdulla F.S. Al Ajmi, deputy CEO of KNPC. “It has been a long, but truly amazing journey that now has reached its destination.”

At peak, more than 12,000 craft workers were on site supported by a joint venture team that spanned three continents. The project team executed more than 127 million work-hours at site and, through an intense and effective Health Safety and Environment (HSE) program, together achieved a world-class total case incident rate (TCIR) of 0.046.

“Through our unwavering commitment to safety, integrity, teamwork and execution excellence, we are proud to have teamed with KNPC to complete this exciting project and build on our legacy of successful project delivery in Kuwait,” said Menko H. Ubbens, senior vice president and project director. “It has been a privilege for the project team to be able to meet the needs of KNPC while conducting business in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible manner to the benefit of current and future generations.”

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