All of the ongoing remediation projects that are part of the multibillion-dollar Kuwait Environmental Remediation Programme (Kerp) are expected to be completed before the end of 2027, according to Muthanna al-Mumin, a team leader for remediation projects at Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).The five contracts awarded in 2021 are worth $949m and are expected to be completed either in late 2025 or early 2026These are:NKETR A – Sabria – Kharafi (Kuwait)/Lamor (Finland) $194mNKETR B – Raudatain – KCPC (Kuwait)/ETC (Saudi Arabia) $188mSKETR A – Greater Burgan – Kharafi/Lamor $197mSKETR B – Greater Burgan – HEISCO (Kuwait)/Zaopin Hangzhou (China) $185mSKETR C – Greater Burgan – Enshaat Alsayer/Water & Soil Remediation (Italy) $185mThree additional contracts signed on 7 March this year had a total value of $460m.These are:Zone A – Al-Sayer Group (Kuwait) $155mZone B – Al-Ghanim International Trading & Contracting Company (Kuwait) $153mZone C – Zaopin Hangzhou (China) $152mThe planned completion of the present five contracts is between late 2025 and early 2026 whilst three more contracts have recently commenced and the planned completion is before the end of 2027.Kerp is the largest environmental remediation project in the world and was established by the UN Compensation Commission to allow Kuwait to address the ecological damage resulting from the 1990-91 Gulf War.As part of Kerp, KOC aims to award contracts for planned revegetation works in late 2023 or early 2024.Earlier this year, KOC extended the bid deadlines for the recently tendered revegetation contracts, increasing expectations that the scheme would be significantly delayed.Bids for the contracts are currently due to be submitted by 18 June 2023. Previously, the deadline for the bids was 16 April.The project is expected to be divided into four packages with a combined value of about $675m.The four revegetation contracts being tendered by KOC are expected to be awarded to four separate contractors and include a wide range of work activities. (ICE KUWAIT)

Fonte notizia: MEED