VOL. XXXII

NO. 43

31-JULY-1989

KUWAIT

Start-up of Isocracking Unit at Mina Abdullah Refinery

Chevron Research Corp. - a San Francisco-based subsidiary of ChevronCorporation has announced the successful startup of a 38,000 b/d isocrackingprocess unit at the Kuwait National Oil Company's Mina Abdullah refinery. Themodernization and upgrading of the refinery, which took six years to completeat a cost of KD600mn ($2.1bn) and raised its capacity from 75,000 b/d to 200,000b/d of high quality products,...