Kuwait Oil Co (KOC) has awarded two local companies contracts to provide maintenance services for key oil facilities with a combined value of around $176.2 million, Zawya Projects reported, citing a report from Arabic language daily Alanba. KOC, which manages the OPEC producer’s upstream industry, awarded a 74.6 million maintenance service contract for its facilities […]
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Kuwait invites bids to power oil and gas facilities with renewable energy
Two state-owned Kuwaiti oil companies have invited consultancy bids from five Western firms to study the use of renewable energy to run their facilities, Zawya Projects reported, citing a Kuwait newspaper. France’s Technip and Worley Engineering of Australia are amongst the companies that are invited to submit bids. The Kuwait National Petroleum Co and the […]
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Hiring soon: Kuwait Oil Company to recruit foreign technical workers
Kuwait Oil Co (KOC), a subsidiary of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp, said it plans to bring in skilled technical workers from several countries including Canada, US, Egypt, Southeast Asia and the Gulf states. The company will hire technicians who are experts in drilling operations, maintenance, exploration and production, and medical and health, safety, environment and engineering, […]
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Kuwait awards $77.5 million contract for pipeline construction
Kuwait’s state-owned Kuwait Oil Co (KOC) has awarded a $77.5 million contract for a project involving the construction of pipelines at two of its Northern oilfields, Arabic language daily Al-Anba reported, quoting KOC sources. The scope of work includes building pipelines and proving associated services for the Northern oilfields of Um Niqa and South Retqa, […]
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Technip Energies secures major contract from Kuwait Oil Company
The five-year framework agreement covers services for KOC’s major projects
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More delays for Kuwait’s $848 million Al-Zour pipeline project
A project to build pipelines to feed Kuwait’s largest oil refinery in the Southern Al-Zour area is facing more delays although it was supposed to be delivered within 3 years after the contract was awarded in 2017, Zawya Projects reported, citing a Kuwaiti newspaper. Kuwait oil Company (KOC), which manages the oil-rich country’s upstream sector, […]
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Saudi Arabia, Kuwait sign agreement to develop Al-Durra gas field
The project is being jointly developed by Saudi-based Aramco Gulf Operations Co and Kuwait Gulf Oil Co
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Kuwait to begin work on housing for oilfield workers
The first phase of the project, which involves the construction of more than 1,300 homes, has been fully completed
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COP 27: Kuwait pledges carbon neutrality in oil and gas by 2050
Foreign Minister Salem al-Sabah said carbon-neutrality is “a solid serious pledge” for the OPEC producer
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Al-Aydan appointed as CEO of Kuwait Oil Company
The Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) has appointed Ahmed Jaber al-Aydan as CEO of Kuwait Oil Company, state news agency KUNA reported on Sunday. Additionally, Wadha al-Khateeb was named CEO of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). New leaders were also chosen for Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) and other state companies in the sector. In […]