Progress and Prosperity-English - Kuwait Oil Company

Progress & Prosperityby vicious invasion to Kuwait. These twomooring berths are operated alternativelyand their export capacity is 14500 m/tonsper hour.· Single Point Mooring:The SPM is a loading facility. Carriers are securedby means of a single rope tied to thefront of the ship. Floating hoses are placedalong the side of the ship while it rotatesfreely around the SPM. The exporting capacityfrom this facility is about 7,500 ton/hby gravity lines and 12,500 ton/h by pumping.· New Production Operation Projects:Upgrading Gathering Centers and gas booststations through mega projects whereby oiland gas flow pipelines are changed and liftedas well as increasing their oil capacity by providingthem with new equipment such as isolationunits, dewatering and desalting units,pumps and liquefied gas intensification units.· Export operations Projects:- Project for upgrading export facilities includingconstruction of 19 tanks with operatingcapacity of 11,500 million barrels and adding5 gravity 48” dia. pipelines and settingup post pumps, modern gauges and two newmooring berths.- Increase export capacity through constructing8 additional tanks with operating capacityof 5 million barrels.- Replace filling pipelines for south and northtanks and replacing central mixing manifold.- There are projects under study to accommodatefuture increase in production as per2020 strategy for attaining production rate of4 million barrels per day.28