State-owned upstream operator Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has extended the bid deadline for a project for depletion compression systems and sulphur recovery units (SRUs), which is estimated to be worth $380m.The project will install compression systems and SRU units at Early Production Facility 50 (EPF-50) and Jurassic Production Facility 3 (JPF-3).Tender documents were originally made available on 17 September with an original bid deadline of 17 December.In November, the delays to the project were expected due to the project’s scope being expanded.The scope expansion will include the addition of more compression systems to the project, sources said.It is possible that, due to the scope being expanded, the project will eventually be worth significantly more than the original $380m estimate.The latest bid deadline extension has given bidders until 18 February 2024 to submit their prices.KOC’s planned project for depletion compression systems and SRUs will use the build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) model, according to the tender documents.EPF-50 and JPF-3 are sour hydrocarbon processing and handling facilities located in North Kuwait, designed to handle high pressure (HP) sour hydrocarbons from several Jurassic wells in North Kuwait fields.“In order to sustain production from the facilities in the projected reservoir depletion from HP to medium pressure (MP) mode by the year 2024, the company intends, through this contract, to install MP compression systems and SRU in EPF-50 and JPF-3 facilities,” KOC said in a statement.The contract’s scope of work has been divided into two parts, according to the original tender documents.The first part is focused on the installation of the new MP compression system and SRU at EPF-50.The second part is focused on the installation of the new MP compression system and SRU at JPF-3.The EPF-50 and JPF-3 facilities receive sour wet hydrocarbon reservoir fluids through flow line gathering networks and trunk lines.Crude, gas and water are separated in a separation section currently receiving well fluid at 1,100 pounds a square inch gauge (psig), and the crude is stabilised to export after desalting.The separation section consists of HP, MP and low-pressure (LP) separators in series, and MP and LP gases are compressed to HP and combined with gas from HP separators.The gas is then treated in gas sweetening and dehydration units before being exported via pipeline.As the well fluid pressure depletes to MP, the combined feed from the inlet production headers and test header will be routed through a crude pre-heater to the new MP separator, which operates at about 425-450 psig.The new compressors will compress the gas from MP to HP.The EPF-50 facility can currently process 200 million standard cubic feet a day of gas (MMSCFD), 50 barrels of oil a day (MBOPD) and 130 tonnes of sulphur a day.Originally, it was expected that the upgrade project will increase the volume of sulphur it will be able to process to 270-310 tonnes a day, but after the proposed changes to the scope the capacity may end up being larger.The JPF-3 facility can currently process 150 MMSCFD, 50 MBOPD and 200 tonnes of sulphur a day.Originally, it was expected that the planned upgrade would increase the volume of gas that the facility can process to 240 MMSCFD and the volume of sulphur would be increased to 440 tonnes a day.Due to the scope changes, the capacity of JPF-3 may end up being increased by more than the volumes outlined in the original tender documents. (ICE KUWAIT)

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