The bid deadline date has been pushed back for the planned fuel depot project in Kuwait’s Al Mutlaa region.Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), a state-owned downstream operator, issued an invitation to bid on the project in November last year. A pre-tender meeting took place on 17 December.The original bid submission deadline was 13 February 2024 and the new bid deadline is 30 April 2024.The project is estimated to be worth $800m.The scheme is known as the Al Mutlaa new fuel depot project and its scope is expected to include:Development of new pumping facilities at the Mina Al Ahmadi and Shuaiba refineriesLaying of cross-country pipelines from the Mina Al Ahmadi and Shuaiba refineriesConstruction of a local market depotInstallation of safety systemsInstallation of fire-fighting systemsConstruction of storage tanksThe UK-based Wood Group had completed the revised front-end engineering and design (feed) work for the long-delayed project to develop the oil products marketing depot in Kuwait’s Jahra governorate.The project has seen significant delays since feasibility studies were completed in 2013.Feed work was originally completed in 2015, before KNPC decided that the original design needed to be revised.Kuwait’s Mina Al Ahmadi refinery was overhauled as part of the $16bn Clean Fuels Project.In September 2021, KNPC brought the final units of its Clean Fuels Project online.The Clean Fuels Project integrated and modernised Kuwait’s Mina Abdulla refinery and the Mina Al Ahmadi refinery.The capacity was increased to 454,000 barrels a day (b/d) at the Mina Abdulla refinery and 346,000 b/d at the Mina Al Ahmadi refinery. (ICE KUWAIT)

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