Kuwait – Yesterday, Wednesday, Kuwait witnessed the ceremony for the total operation of the Al-Zour Refinery within the presence of the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The ceremony came about at Al-Zour Oil Advanced, the place the Emir of Kuwait gave the official working badge to one of many largest oil refineries on the earth. This was finished within the presence of the Minister of Oil and Chairman of the Board of Administrators of the Kuwait Petroleum Company, Imad Al-Ateeqi, the CEO of the Kuwait Petroleum Company, Nawaf Al-Saud, and the CEO of the Kuwait Petroleum Industries Firm. Built-in engineer Wadha Al-Khatib.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil, Imad Muhammad Al-Ateeqi, mentioned that the mission contributes to rising the profitability of Kuwaiti oil merchandise, opening new international markets and enhancing Kuwait’s management place.
He added that the refinery will contribute to supplying native energy vegetation with their clear gas wants, and identified that with the launch of the Al-Zour refinery, Kuwait’s refining capability will rise to 1.830 million barrels per day, distributed amongst 6 oil refineries.
He additionally identified that 667 newly graduated Kuwaiti staff with college levels and diplomas lately joined the completion of this enormous nationwide edifice.
In flip, the CEO of the Kuwait Built-in Petroleum Industries Firm mentioned that the refinery will allow “Kuwait Petroleum” and its subsidiaries to increase the export and advertising and marketing of its petroleum merchandise and cope with new international markets.
She added that “Al-Zour” is characterised by excessive flexibility in refining operations as it’s designed to obtain Kuwaiti oils of various specs, and indicated that the refinery’s merchandise will likely be exported to greater than 30 regional and worldwide nations through the commercial island within the refinery.
The Al-Zour refinery accommodates 3 items, every with a capability of 205 thousand barrels per day. The refinery is essentially the most fashionable refinery in Kuwait, and its price exceeded 16 billion {dollars}.
Al-Zour Refinery produces numerous merchandise, together with low-sulfur gas oil, with a sulfur content material of 5%, and likewise provides the Kuwaiti Ministry of Electrical energy and Water with portions of it, whereas the remainder is exported overseas.
Supply: Kuwaiti media
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2024-05-30 17:55:52