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Kuwait Oil Company |
| Profile: In 1934 the Kuwait Oil Company Ltd. was established. The Company activities had extended to include exploration operations, on-shore and off-shore surveys, drilling of test wells, and developing of producing fields in addition to crude and natural gas exploration.In 1975 the Kuwait Government took over 100% of the Kuwait Oil Company. In 1980 Kuwait Petroleum Corporation was established to bring all state owned oil companies under one entity. In 2006, gas was discovered in the deep Jurassic reservoirs at Rahiya, Mutriba, Um Niga and other fields. These discoveries fulfill a long Kuwaiti dream of becoming self-sufficient in gas which will be used for power generation. “The Mission of the Kuwait Oil Company is to explore, develop and produce to marketable quality the hydrocarbon resources in the State of Kuwait, (excluding the onshore Divided Zone). They will safeguard their people and the environment. Their business will be conducted in accordance with government policy, good reservoir management practice, and by using the most efficient and economic means available.” |
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KGL Ports International |
| Profile: KGL Ports International (KGL PI), an affiliate of KGL Holding, was established in 2004, inheriting over 40 years of experience from Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL). Today, KGL PI is considered as the terminal manager and operator-arm of the group. The company is headquartered in Kuwait, and has running operations within the UAE and Egypt. KGL PI’s core business covers the development, operations, and management of container terminals and Roll-On-Roll-Off (RORO) operations. Within the region, KGL PI manages and operates the terminal at Shuaiba Port. The company has also designed, constructed, operated and managed the container terminal at Saqer Port in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, providing its clients within this region with a further option for a port destination. In Egypt, KGL PI, through its partnership with shipping lines and the Damietta Port Authority (DPA), is in the final stages of constructing a major container terminal within Damietta, Egypt. |
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Ministry of Public Works (MPW) |
| Profile: Established in 1945, the Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW) is the Government body concerned with planning, developing, commissioning and supervising infrastructure developments across the State of Kuwait. In pursuit to achieve the Government’s economic diversification strategy and keeping pace with the nation’s fast-growing population, MPW has made it a priority to upgrade and modernize Kuwait’s infrastructure and other public facilities and services. The Ministry is in charge of major infrastructure developments across various sectors including port development, airport projects, roads and highways, healthcare and others. MPW has handled most of the State’s projects for the construction of buildings and development of infrastructure in Kuwait. Recently the MPW has set up the Mega Projects Developments division to oversee the multi-billion developments of Failaka and Bubiyan island and Bubiyan Sea Port, Saadiya Causeway, Silk City and other current and planned mega projects in the country. |
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Kuwait Port Authority |
| Profile: Kuwait Port Authority is the organization responsible for operating and managing Kuwait’s 3 seaports, Shwaikh Port, Shuaiba Port and Doha Port. If ports are considered important to all countries, they are considered more vital for the State of Kuwait and its people who have been bound to the sea over the long years. The Kuwaiti ports have played a vital role in the country build up since its inception to the present day. |
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Kharafi National |
| Profile: The Kuwait-based Kharafi National is a leading company in the field of construction and contracting. The company acts as Engineering, procurement and construction contractors for oil and gas, chemicals, power, commercial, industrial, educational facilities, health care and infrastructure industries; fabrication of steel and heavy structures for the industrial and civil construction sectors; trade in construction machinery heavy equipments; electromechanical and plumbing contractors; facilities management services. The company was established in 1976 as local contractor, expanded its geographical presence to serve the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and Lebanon through its subsidiaries.Kharafi National is an international, multi-disciplined company with diversified operations in: Infrastructure Project Development – the development, financing, management, operation and maintenance of major BOT, BOO, and PPP infrastructural projects; EPCM – engineering, procurement and construction management in the water, power, infrastructure, environment and building services sectors; Construction – construction services in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, power, water and related sectors; Facilities Management – the management, operation and maintenance of commercial complexes, industrial plants and power installations; and Fabrication Services – the fabrication of process equipment and heavy structures for the industrial and civil construction sectors |
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Scott Wilson |
| Profile: Scott Wilson is a global integrated design and engineering consultancy for the built and natural environments. With a worldwide network of offices, Scott Wilson offers Strategic Consultancy and multi-disciplinary professional services in the Railways, Buildings & Infrastructure, Environment & Natural Resources and Roads Sectors.
Scott Wilson is now part of URS Corporation. With its headquarters in San Francisco, URS is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world.
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