Two 300,000-bpd oil refineries to be added in coming years: KNPC

KUWIAT: Two 300,000-bpd refineries will be added in the coming years in order to meet the 2million-bpd refining capacity target set for 2035, CEO of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Mohammad Ghazi Al-Mutairi said. The remarks were made during a meeting by the Oil and Gas Year (TOGY) Kuwait team this week with Mutairi and Deputy Chief Executive Office for Projects of KNPC Abdullah Fahad Al-Ajmi. Clean Fuel Project was 94 percent complete in the country, Mutairi said in a press release issued by TOGY.

The TOGY team also met this week with Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) CEO Nabil M Bourisli, and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) CEO Abdulnaser Y Al-Fulaij. During the meeting Mutairi and Al-Ajmi shared that the Clean Fuel Project was 94 percent complete and highlighted the innovative technologies and methods were used. Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) is a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC).

KPI’s Bourisli was pleased to announce also a number of upcoming company milestones, notably the opening ceremony in Vietnam for the Nghi Son Refinery in May and the groundbreaking ceremony in Oman for the Duqm refinery and petrochemicals project later this month. He also offered insights into KPI’s European and Asian strategies. Dr Bourisli indicated that the company intends to buy a stake in an Indian refinery and petrochemicals project in the coming weeks.

Fulaij said that despite the lull in activities in the Partitioned Neutral Zone, KGOC has been active in environmental and training activities as well as sharing know-how with its sister companies, which will be particularly useful as Kuwait expands its focus to the offshore.

These and upcoming meetings with Kuwaiti oil executives are held in the context of TOGY’s successful partnership with KPC, a key outcome of which will be the TOGY Kuwait 2018 edition detailing the Kuwaiti hydrocarbons industry’s drive towards expansion and modernization.

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