Sparrows Group (Sparrows), the engineering and maintenance services specialist for the global energy and industrial sectors, has been awarded work in Kuwait for the first time. The two scopes cover maintenance and provision of certificates of conformance for onshore rigs across sites for two clients. Sparrows will be responsible for servicing a range of critical […]
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Inside Kuwait’s $10 billion Al-Zour petrochemicals complex project
Kuwait Integrated Petrochemical Industries Co (KIPIC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corp, plans to develop a facility that will be integrated with the adjacent Al-Zour refinery and will add a gasoline block, an aromatics block, an olefins conversion technology unit, polypropylene units, and associated utility and offsite facilities to the existing site to produce nearly […]
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Expat trouble: Kuwait deports 9,000 expats in three months
Kuwait has deported over 9,000 expats in the first quarter of 2023 with India topping list of deportees, according to local media reports. From the 9,000 deportees, over 4,000 were female and were involved in criminal and misdemeanour cases. Indian nationals topped the list of deportees followed by Filipinos, Sri Lankans and Egyptians. According to reports, […]
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Kuwait Oil Company awards $76 million oil flow lines contract
Combined Group Contracting has announced in a statement that it has secured a five-year contract worth $76.5 million for oil flow lines project issued from Kuwait Oil Company. The company states that the works includes construction of flow lines and associated works in Umm Niqa And South Ratqa in Kuwait. Headquartered in Kuwait, Combined Group Contracting […]
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Kuwait plans world’s tallest tower ‘Burj Mubarak’ in oil diversification push
Kuwait hopes to diversify its economy by reducing its reliance on oil and expanding its private sector through significant investments across different sectors. The oil rich nation will soon be home to the “world’s tallest tower” – the Burj Mubarak. The one-kilometre tall tower will be the main attraction of Kuwait’s Madinat Al Hareer or Silk […]
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Oil rich Kuwait eyes plans to restrict expat population: Report
Kuwait officials have submitted an advisory report to the government to introduce expat quotas, according to a report by Arabian Business, citing Kuwait Times. The report shows that private academic bodies studying Kuwait’s population demographics have submitted an advisory report to the government outlining recommendations to address the “imbalance of expatriates” in the country. The focus of the […]
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Kuwait Oil Company declares ‘state of emergency’ after oil spill
Kuwait Oil Company declared a “state of emergency” on Monday following an oil spill on land although no injuries or disruption to production was reported. The emergency followed an “oil leak in the west of the country”, the state-owned company said in a statement, after a video posted by Kuwaiti media showed a gushing pipe […]
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HEISCO Kuwait secures $223 million contract for oil flow line project
Kuwait’s Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Co (HEISCO) announced in a statement that it has secured a five-year contract from Kuwait Oil Co (KOC) for the construction of flowlines and associated works in West Kuwait Area. The value of the contract is KWD 68.5 million ($223.7 million). Earlier during August 2022, HEISCO announces that the company submits […]
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Kuwait’s HOT Engineering awarded contract for Saudi-Kuwait Neutral Zone
Kuwait’s HOT Engineering And Construction Co has secured a new contract with Joint Operations (JO), a prominent oil and gas company operating in Saudi-Kuwait Neutral Zone, the oil-producing area that straddles the border between the two countries. According to the contract, HOTECC will supply JO with a range of heavy equipment for a period of […]
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Oman’s Abraj Energy signs drilling deal with Chevron, Kuwait Gulf Oil Company
Abraj Energy Services said on Saturday it had signed a five-year ‘strategic partnership deal’ with Kuwait Gulf Oil Co and Saudi Arabian Chevron to extract and drill for oil in Kuwait. Global oil giant Chevron is a major player in Saudi Arabia’s energy market having a continuous upstream presence in the kingdom for more than […]