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Article: Kuwait: Contractors line up for Kuwait's clean fuels deals.
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- June 25, 2008
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At least nine groups are set to compete for USD18bn worth of contracts to boost refining capacity. At least nine international contracting groups are submitting prequalification applications for Kuwait's Clean Fuels Project (CFP) to upgrade the state's existing Mina al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries.
The USD18bn project is among the largest downstream investment schemes ever undertaken, larger even than the recently awarded 615,000-barrel-a-day (b/d) refinery at Al-Zour.
With the completion of the project, the combined capacity of the two refineries will increase to 800,000 barrels a day (b/d) from 736,000 b/d. With the ...