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Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) has awarded South Korean Daelim Industrial a $516m contract for the repair and expansion of sulphur processing facilities at its largest refinery of Mina Al Ahmadi, Gulf Daily News has reported. The project will raise Kuwait's annual sulphur output from 850,000 tonnes to two million tonnes. Under the terms of the deal, Daelim is to undertake all processes from design, engineering, and construction to test run, besides installing new equipment, said KNPC spokesman, Mohammad Al Ajmi.

Technip was awarded by ADMA-OPCO(1) a lump-sum turnkey contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up assistance for flares modification and revamp project on Das Island. Das Island is located 290 kilometers offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in the Gulf.

The project aims to mitigate the hazards due to the existing atmospheric flares on offshore associated gas and upcoming integrated gas development facilities, and the risk of gas exposure for personnel during operation and maintenance of these facilities in case of flame out.

The scope of work includes the:

• relocation of the South Relief flare to the east of the existing flare F-14,
• installation of two new ground flares at the existing South Relief flare location,
• demolition of the F-11 and F-14 flares,
• replacement of a tip for flare,
• new electrical substation.

Technip's operating center in Abu Dhabi will execute the project which is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2015.

Technip has been awarded a significant contract(1) comprising technology, engineering services and supply of core equipment for Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company – Takreer's new coke calcination unit. This new unit is part of the Carbon Black & Delayed Coker project being implemented adjacent to Takreer’s existing Ruwais refinery located in the United Arab Emirates.

The unit will consist of two trains and is designed to process 700,000 tons per annum superior-quality anode green petroleum coke(2) through 2 kilns, thanks to the implementation of world-leading licensed technologies(3). The processed coke will be used as anode coke for Abu Dhabi's growing aluminium industry. Technip will support the EPC contractor, Samsung Engineering Co, Ltd, until the completion of the performance testing of the new unit.

Technip's operating center in Düsseldorf, Germany will execute the contract, which is scheduled to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2015.  Technip's operating center in Abu Dhabi will execute the project which is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2015.

An Open Day at the end of April celebrated the opening of Rotork Middle East’s purpose-built factory in Dubai. Situated in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, the new premises contain offices and workshops, with initially 15 sales and technical staff and plans for further expansion.

The new 600 square metre facility provides increased local support for business in flow control markets throughout the Middle East, where Rotork has been active since the 1950s. A Rotork regional presence was first established in Abu Dhabi in the 1970s.

Recent projects involving the Middle East oil and gas industries include the Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline linking Habshan and Fujairah, the Ruwais Refinery expansion and the New Doha International Airport. Rotork valve actuation and control technologies are also widely utilised in the area’s water and waste treatment, power generation, desalination, infrastructure and environmental improvement industries.

As well as holding stocks of products and spares locally, the new facility will provide a full range of valve adaptation, retrofitting, site service and asset management activity encompassing electric and fluid power actuators and associated equipment. A driving force behind the expansion is the demand for reduced project downtime, with more scope for planned, emergency and preventative maintenance.

Rotork Chief Executive Peter France and Edward Hobart, HM Consul General in Dubai, performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony, at which Graeme Mullin, HM Trade and Investment Advisor in Dubai and Terry Willis, Regional Director of the Energy Industries Council, were also present.