US-based Fluor Corporation has been selected by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), to provide comprehensive consulting services, specializing in project management, in support of KOC's capital-expenditure program.
Some $44 million of the five-year contract's total value was booked in the company's second quarter. The services relating to the construction of new facilities and upgrading of existing facilities are broad-based and include project management, coordination, planning, front-end design, engineering, contracting, procurement, project controls, construction management and training of KOC project staff. Services will be performed in offices provided by KOC at its headquarters in Ahmadi, Kuwait, with front-end design packages executed in Fluor's office in Camberley, UK.
KPC is the government-owned entity responsible for Kuwait's hydrocarbon interests throughout the world. The company is involved in producing, refining, transporting and marketing of crude oil and products, both in Kuwait and internationally. — (menareport.com)
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