Megha Engg bags $226M gas sweetening, sulphur recovery facility from Kuwait Oil Co

HYDERABAD: Infrastructure biggie Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) has bagged a $ 225.5 million (KWD 69.23 million) project from the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a new gas sweetening and sulphur recovery facility (NGSF) at West Kuwait’s oil fields.This project, which has to be completed in a period of 790 days followed by five years of operation and maintenance, has to be developed on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis, with an option for KOC to buy back the facility, MEIL said on Friday.The associated sulphur recovery unit (SRU) will comprise two trains, each with a 100 TPD (tonnes per day) capacity, with an overall 299.9% sulphur recovery efficiency.“The advanced facility is designed to treat sour gas containing up to 4% hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) and 10% carbon dioxide (CO₂), processing 120 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD),” MEIL said.In the gas sweetening process acidic gases like hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide are removed from natural gas to make it safe, efficient, and environmentally compliant for use. The purified gas will be dehydrated and transported through KOC’s pipeline network to the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant at Mina Ahmadi Refinery for further processing.MEIL direcot P Doraiah said the strategic win will enable MEIL to strengthen its presence in the Middle East’s oil and gas sector and reaffirms its expertise in executing complex hydrocarbon projects. MEIL is currently setting up a similar SRU for Rajasthan Refinery and Mongol Refinery.