Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has asked the emirate’s Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) to extend operating and maintenance contracts for its northern Jurassic production facilities according to a 27 August report by local daily al-Anbaa. The facilities are managed by SLB (formerly Schlumberger) and local contractor Spetco with gas output hitting a record 570mn cfd for the year to 31 March 2023, according to KOC. This follows the completion of an expansion of the JPF-3 facility to 208mn cfd and 50,000 b/d capacity.
Spetco, in partnership with Chinese oil and gas engineering firm Jereh, is also expected to deliver the $1bn JPF-4 and JPF-5 facilities which constitute Phase 3 of Kuwait’s Jurassic gas development (MEES, 19 November 2021). Treating sour gas and associated liquids, each facility will produce 150mn cfd of sweet gas and 50,000 b/d of 40-50°API “treated sweet crude.” (CONTINUED - 139 WORDS)