Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO), jointly run by Kuwait Gulf Oil Co. (KGOC) and Saudi Arabia’s Aramco Gulf Operations Co. (AGOC), was planning to undertake the Dorra Gas Field Development project at Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone in Kuwait.

KJO has divided the project’s scope of work into four engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages – three offshore and one onshore.

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia agreed to work jointly on exploitation of the field, after Iran drilled at Dorra a few years back. Kuwait currently requires additional gas for its power and water industry and is planning to get supply from Qatar and possibly Iran. This development will have the additional advantage of ethane/NGL for other industrial uses such as petrochemicals. The current profile consists of the offshore package.

The US$10,000 million project includes the following:

Package 1 (Offshore):

1. Construction of offshore packages with seven jackets with five wells each, for a total of 35 wells

2. Construction of a central processing facility

3. Construction of related facilities

4. Drilling of wells

5. Installation of a pipeline network

6. Installation of gas compression facility

7. Installation of gas gathering pipeline network

8. Installation of cables

Package 2B:

1. Installation of compression and auxiliary platforms

2. Installation of associated trunklines

3. Construction of accommodation platform

4. Installation of cables connecting to the shoreline

5. Construction of infrastructure facilities

6. Installation of other associated facilities

Package 2A:

1. Installation of seven production deck modules

2. Installation of associated corrosion-resistant alloy-lined pipes

3. Installation of gas compression unit

4. Construction of infrastructure facilities

5. Installation of related utilities

Package 3 (Onshore Gas Processing Plant):

1. Construction of gas processing plant

2. Construction of gas distribution stations

3. Construction of gas compression facility

4. Installation of gas gathering pipeline network

5. Installation of rigid jumpers and valves

6. Installation of safety and security facilities

7. Installation of associated facilities