Sofis is going to supply 4,500 valve interlocks in Kuwait

image courtesy of Sofis

image courtesy of Sofis

According to a press release by the same company, Sofis is to supply 4,500 valve interlocks to an EPC contractor delivering the first phase of a heavy oil development programme for the Kuwait Oil Company , in an order which reportedly holds for a fifth of the whole production by the company. The interlocks will mainly be fitted to pressure safety valves and pig traps.
The KOC programme covers greenfield and brownfield facilities, including engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, and operations and maintenance work for the main central processing facility (CPF) and associated infrastructure, as well as the production support complex. This includes a 162-km pipeline to transport the heavy crude from the CPF to the South Tank Farm located in Ahmadi.