In a step towards improving the quality of domestic cooking gas cylinders, the Kuwait Oil Tankers Company (KOTC), which is responsible for the two liquefied gas filling factories in Shuaiba and Umm Al-Aish, Kuwait, intends to fully improvise the liquefied cooking gas cylinders in Kuwait.
The sources told Al-Anba daily the company intends to sign a contract with an international company to improvise on the quality of the 5, 12 and 25 kilograms cylinders used by the local household for cooking to ensure the highest standards of safety and security.
The sources stated that the scope of work will include pressure testing, repainting and sealing of all cylinders. Three companies have submitted tenders, with the lowest prices of 986,999 thousand dinars, while the prices quoted by the second and third companies are 1.4 million dinars each.
It is worth noting that the production of the two gas cylinder filling factories is 150,000 cylinders, and the company’s strategic stock is sufficient for the needs of the local market for many months.
