Brief Introduction

Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company(KIPIC), a subsidiary of Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation(KPC), is currently implementing Petrochemical Refinery Etrochemical Refinery Integration Al Zour Project(PRIZe).

The project will combine the proposed petrochemical complex with the Al Zour refinery under construction (scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019) and the Al-Zour LNG regeneration terminal (scheduled to be completed by 2020) and operate as a whole after commissioning.

From the Al-Zour LNG regeneration terminal, natural gas will be supplied to Kuwait's power plants and refineries in the Al-Zour area for gas power generation. 

Some refined products produced by the Al-Zour refinery will be directly supplied to the proposed petrochemical complex and processed into more valuable petrochemical products, besides achieving self-sufficiency of the country's growing petrol demand. 

March 2017,Amec Foster Wheeler award of a contract by Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company, for the Petrochemical Refinery Etrochemical Refinery Integration Al Zour Project. The contract covers Front-End Engineering Design(FEED) leading to Project Management Consultancy(PMC) for the project.Rendel has been appointed by Amec Foster Wheeler to provide maritime consultancy services on KIPIC's Petrochemical Refinery Integration Al Zour(PRIZe) project. 

In March 2017, Wood Group announced it would acquire the company for £2.2 billion. The transaction was completed on 9 October 2017.As of May 2019, The UK’s Wood Group is doing the front-end engineering and design (feed) work on the megaproject.

In June 2018,KIPIC has invited contractors to prequalify for the planned Olefins 3 and Aromatics 2 plants to be developed at the Al-Zour complex.Companies have until 20 September to submit prequalification bids for the main engineering, procurement and construction(EPC) contracts for both jobs.

August 2018,KIPIC has invited contractors to prequalify for EPCC master contract involving Pipelines & Marine Scope in its PRIZe project. The deadline for transfer of pre-qualification is November 19, 2018.

As of May 2019, KIPIC didn't disclose the information of the final pre-trial results. The above two bidding activities have not yet started.

April 2019,KIPIC has awarded McDermott a technology contract for the basic engineering, technology license and catalyst for an integrated Low Pressure Recovery (LPR) and Olefins Conversion Technology(OCT) unit at KIPIC's Petrochemical Refinery Integration Project(PRIZe) in Al Zour, Kuwait. once complete, this unit will produce 330,000 metric tons per annum of polymer grade propylene using refinery by-product streams.

Project Plan

Work on the petrochemicals project is set to be completed in the third quarter of 2023, with commissioning scheduled for the first quarter of 2024.

The Al-Zour petrochemicals complex will produce 940,000 tonnes a year(t/y) of polypropylene, 1.4 million t/y of paraxylene, 420,000 t/y of gasoline, and 208,900 t/y of fuel using propane and naphtha from the nearby Al-Zour Refinery.

PRIZe project mainly involves construction:

(1) A gasoline production workshop with a value of US$1.3 billion;

(2)An olefins plant(Olefins 3) with a value of $1.5 billion; 

(3)An aromatics plant(Aromatics 2) with a value of US$5 billion.

In addition, the PRIZe project also involves pipeline and offshore engineering construction.The contents involved in pipeline construction include: 

(1)12-inch, 56.5km buried MOGAS pipeline;

(2)10-inch 45.6km buried full range Naphtha pipeline(MAB Refinery to Al Zour Refinery);

(3)8-inch 56.5km buried propane pipeline(MAA Refinery to Al Zour Refinery);

(4)Sectionalising valve stations approximately every 10km;

(5)Construction of roads and public facilities.

The specific contents of the implementation of offshore engineering include: 

(1)Design, supply of materials and construction of a combined container import/export facility and liquids import/export facility approximately 2.2km offshore. The new facility comprises a container export quay, 3 liquids berths and a small boat harbor for support vessels. 

(2)Detailed design, supply of materials and construction of 2 no 24-inch buried subsea pipelines and associated onshore scraper launcher facilities. Pipeline length is circa 2.5km from shore to the combined export facility in a natural water depth of 15m.