Kuwait lets major maintenance contract

Kuwait Oil Co. has let a $125 million maintenance contract to Petrofac, an international oil services company, to deliver full maintenance services on the north and west areas of Kuwait.

March 29, 2005

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Mar. 29 -- Kuwait Oil Co. has let a $125 million maintenance contract to Petrofac, an international oil services company, to deliver full maintenance services on the north and west areas of Kuwait.

This is the first performance-based, full-maintenance services contract in Kuwait to be awarded to an international contractor.

The 5-year contract, executed through Petrofac Facilities Management, covers the maintenance of 16 facilities: mainly oil-gathering centers, gas booster stations, gas steam and water-injection plants, water-gathering and pumping stations, gas and crude oil pipelines, and wellheads.

Kuwaiti contractor Kharafi National will provide Petrofac with exclusive in-country support.