SPIE Wins a Five-Year Contract in Kuwait to Provide Commissioning Management Support Services to KNPC Clean Fuels Project

SPIE Oil & Gas Services announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract with Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) under Clean Fuels Project (CFP) which is currently under EPC phase of implementation.

The Clean Fuels Project of KNPC is a major upgrade of its flagship refineries to meet the future diversified market requirements for petroleum products both in the domestic and international sectors. The Project encompasses increasing the combined refining capacities of its Mina Al Ahmadi (MAA) and Mina Abdullah (MAB) Refineries and enhance production of environment friendly value added products through Bottom of Barrel processing using state of the art technologies. The Project also contributes towards linking the two refineries into an integrated refining complex and further enhance performance towards operational safety, reliability and energy conservation.

SPIE Oil & Gas Services has begun work on the five-year contract with Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). The services shall involve providing Commissioning Management and Support Services at both Mina Al Ahmadi (MAA) and Mina Abdullah (MAB) Refineries under CFP Scope of Work. The contract will draw the expertise of SPIE Oil & Gas Services and work in tandem with KNPC Operations Team.

"With SATORP, YASREF, PETRO RABIGH and now with KNPC Project in Kuwait, we have become a major player in downstream activities in the Middle East" says Yves Compañy, Managing Director of SPIE Oil & Gas Services. "We have been working in the field since 2010 and are one of the few companies with the level of expertise needed in the area."