Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) signs the Project, new gas sweetening facility at West Kuwait’s oilfield.

The Contract was signed with Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL), India. The value of the contract is KWD 69.23 million.

The Project aims to to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas, producing a sweet and dry gas stream for KOC’s pipeline network. Constructed under an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) model, with sulfur recovery units (SRU) operating on a Build, Own, and Operate (BOO) basis, the facility will treat up to 120 MMSCFD of sour gas containing up to 4% H2S and 10% CO2.

Associated gas produced from Kuwait Oil Company’s West Kuwait (WK) area is termed as Sour gas due high Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) and carbon Di-oxide (CO2) concentration in gas. These sour components from gas needs to be removed before exporting it to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plant at Mina Ahmadi Refinery for further processing. A Chemical absorption process called gas sweetening achieves removal of H2S & CO2 from Sour Gas. After sweetening Process, the sweet gas is further dehydrated to remove moisture. Dehydration is a necessary step and an integral part of gas sweetening plant, to avoid freezing of gas or gas hydrate formation, during transportation of gas through long distance pipelines.

The duration of the project is 2616 days.

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