MEED magazine said that Kuwait is preparing to float a tender for a major project to treat one million cubic meters of contaminated soil.
Under the plans that have been discussed, the project will be divided into three packages covering three different geographical areas, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Unlike previous large-scale repair contracts that have been introduced in the country in recent years, funding for this project will not come from the United Nations as a result of legal proceedings due to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
Instead, funding for this project will come from the Kuwait Oil Company budget.
“Since this project is not being funded using the UN funds, it is likely to be subject to delays and issues related to budget approval,” one of the sources told MEED.
KOC is working to formalize the scope of the project and is in discussions with local contractors about bidding plans.
Kuwait offered treatment contracts last year to treat 13 million cubic meters of contaminated soil as part of the Kuwait Environment Rehabilitation Program (KERP).
Each contract included treatment of 2.6 million cubic meters of soil. It is understood that the five contracts amounted to a total value of about $950 million.
The Kuwait Environmental Rehabilitation Program is the largest environmental remediation project in the world and was established by the United Nations Compensation Commission to allow Kuwait to address environmental damage resulting from the 1990-1991 Gulf War.
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