Megha Engineering awarded $225.5 million KOC Project

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) awards the Project, new gas sweetening facility at West Kuwait’s oilfield.

The Contract was awarded to Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL), India. The value of the contract is KWD 69.23 million.

The Project aims to to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas, producing a sweet and dry gas stream for KOC’s pipeline network. Constructed under an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) model, with sulfur recovery units (SRU) operating on a Build, Own, and Operate (BOO) basis, the facility will treat up to 120 MMSCFD of sour gas containing up to 4% H2S and 10% CO2.

Associated gas produced from Kuwait Oil Company’s West Kuwait (WK) area is termed as Sour gas due high Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) and carbon Di-oxide (CO2) concentration in gas. These sour components from gas needs to be removed before exporting it to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plant at Mina Ahmadi Refinery for further processing. A Chemical absorption process called gas sweetening achieves removal of H2S & CO2 from Sour Gas. After sweetening Process, the sweet gas is further dehydrated to remove moisture. Dehydration is a necessary step and an integral part of gas sweetening plant, to avoid freezing of gas or gas hydrate formation, during transportation of gas through long distance pipelines.