As a part of the Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery upgrade, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company is adding a new oil pier to its extensive production line.

Hyundai Engineering presented the lowest bid of $326.5 million in a tender for the construction of the new facility and won the contract on 27 September 2000.

It is replacing the sough piers and is about 2km long with up to six births to handle a variety of products including gasoil/diesel, naphtha, kerosine, butane and propane.

Hyundai Engineering were familiar with Radcon #7® characteristics after successful applications in the past and confident in the product's ability to provide a watertight barrier preventing any water, salt or chemical ingress.

They treated an area of 7,500 sq meters of concrete wharfs, providing lifetime protection of the concrete pier and significantly prolonging the service life of the structure.

Radcon #7® has been protecting wharf decks and marine sea walls around the globe for the past 20 years without a single failure to date.

Additional advantages for this particular application were ease of application, no possible mechanical damage and resistance to the UV rays.

The new MAA refinery is scheduled for completion in 2010 with an increase in production up to 615,000 bpd.

CLIENT:  Kuwait National Petroleum Company
APPLICATOR:  Hyundai Engineering