Contract let for Kuwaiti water injection

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 30 -- Kuwait Oil Co. has let a contract valued at $430 million to Petrofac for water-injection work in two northern Kuwaiti oil fields.

The project will mix effluent water and seawater for injection into 69 wells in Sabriyah and Raudhatain oil fields. KOC said it’s part of an effort to raise oil production in northern Kuwait by 1 million b/d by 2015.

The work includes installation of a central injection pumping facility and modifications to three existing gathering centers and a seawater treatment plant. Completion is expected in 36 months.

Petrofac will handle engineering design, procurement, project management, construction, commissioning, and performance testing.