Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) has achieved the production of 100 mboepd at the beginning of 2018 and raised production up to 119 mboepd in July 2018, recording the highest production rate since establishing the company in 1981
Petrochemicals
Saudi Arabia’s COTC complex project makes progress
With startup in 2025, Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corp’s (SABIC) Crude Oil to Chemicals (COTC) complex is on track to become the largest of its kind in the world
SNC-Lavalin signs Al Zour Refinery contract in Kuwait
SNC-Lavalin has signed a US$180mn contract with Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) to provide management support services at the Al Zour Refinery in Kuwait
DuPont to provide clean technology solution to Kuwait refinery
DuPont Clean Technologies has signed contracts with Honeywell UOP to provide STRATCO® alkylation and MECS® advanced sulphuric acid regeneration technologies for the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Nexans wins cable contract for Oman’s petrochemical complex
Nexans, a global provider of advanced cabling and connectivity solutions, has received a major contract by France’s Rexel to supply lead-free HYPRON® cables for Oman’s US$4.5bn Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) project