KUWAIT

Modernization Project of Mina al-Ahmadi Refinery Inaugurated 

Construction work on the KD715mn ($2.5bn) modernization project of Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, which has raised its capacity to 270,000 b/d, has been completed and the project was officially inaugurated on 19 February.

The modernization project, which was carried out by Japan's JGC Corporation under contracts concluded in October 1980 and December 1981, was implemented as two separate projects - the...