The first modules of the KIPIC Al-Zour project are ready

Fluor Corporation announced today that the first modules for the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company Al-Zour project have arrived in Kuwait. The Texan engineering company is working with its joint venture partners to deliver two engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction packages for key process support units, utilities and infrastructure for the Al-Zour refinery project. Upon completion, the new complex is expected to be one of the largest refineries in the world and produce 615,000 barrels per day.
Modules are being constructed at the COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries fabrication yard in Zhuhai, China. The first 14 of the 188 modules were loaded onto a shipping barge and sailed away in May to Kuwait. The sailaway of the modules was marked by a ceremony officiated by Hatem Al-Awadhi, KIPIC’s deputy chief executive officer and Jim Brittain, group president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals business, and was attended by executive members of the project team.