A key design contract has been completed for a project to upgrade Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, according to industry sources.The project is being developed by state-owned downstream operator Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and the front-end engineering and design (feed) contract was executed by Kuwait-based Gulf Spic General Trading & Contracting.The project is focused on the construction of a flue gas desulphurisation unit (FGDU) at the refinery.FGDUs remove sulphur dioxide from exhaust flue gases of industrial facilities such as oil refineries.Fossil fuels such as coal and oil can contain a significant amount of sulphur. When fossil fuels are burned, about 95% or more of the sulphur is generally converted to sulphur dioxide.In April, KNPC announced that it had started the long-awaited process of merging with Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (Kipic).The merger of the two state-owned oil companies is part of a larger scheme to restructure the subsidiaries of the national oil company Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC).In a statement sent to employees of KNPC in April, the company’s CEO Wadha Al-Khatib said the merger is based on well-studied legal and professional foundations aimed at boosting Kuwait’s oil sector companies.She said the merger seeks to expand the capabilities of both companies. (ICE KUWAIT)

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