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| Hill/SDPM provide services for Kuwait National Petroleum Company International construction manager Hill International announced that the joint venture of Hill and System Development & Project Management (SDPM) has received a contract from Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) to provide consulting services during the construction of a new refinery located in the Al-Zour region of Southern Kuwait and during the Clean Fuels Program of existing refineries located at Mina Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah. The five-year contract has an estimated value to Hill exclusive of its joint venture partner of approximately $20.0 million. The new refinery, which is expected to cost approximately $15 billion, will be one of the largest in the world with a refining capacity of 615,000 barrels of oil per day. Construction is expected to begin in 2008 and be completed by 2013. The upgrade of the existing refineries in connection with the Clean Fuels Program is expected to cost approximately $7 billion. Services to be provided by Hill/SDPM under the contract include on-call consulting services, contract and commercial management, interface management, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), and claims avoidance and management services. Hill is a 65% partner in the joint venture and SDPM is a 35% partner. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |