The Kuwait project, involving the Jurassic field in the north, is valued at about $1 billion.

The Syrian contract for the Khurbet East field was first announced in November.

Saipem said Kharafi National awarded it the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the early production facilities at Jurassic field, 50 kilometres north of Kuwait City. The facilities “will have an oil and gas treatment capacity of 150,000 barrels per day in this first phase of development, and of the gathering system and pipelines, next to a sulphur granulation plant”, Saipem said.

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