Heavy Engineering Industries & Shipbuilding Company (Heisco), a major EPC contractor in Kuwait, has announced that its joint venture with Japanese group IHI Corporation has secured a contract worth KD173.2 million ($562 million) for the development and upgrade of steam boilers, thermal units control system and auxiliary system at Doha West distillation station in the Gulf state.

 The project was awarded by Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy (MEWRE), said Heisco in its filing to Boursa Kuwait.

 This comes close on the heels of its $298.3 million contract win from Kuwait’s MEWRE, for rehabilitation of the Sabiya power plant.

 The project scope includes modernisation of steam turbines and electric generators for 8 steam units at the Sabiya Power Plant having a capacity of 2,400 MW.