KUWAIT
 
Kuwait Fast Tracks Refinery Projects
 
Kuwait has tendered for contracts to build a new 615,000 b/d refinery at al-Zour and is preparing to launch bidding for a 105,000 b/d NGL fractionation train and upgrade to existing refineries. Muhammad al-Mutairi, CEO of state-owned refiner KNPC – who was appointed in May, is pushing the projects and new Oil Minister Mustafa al-Shimali is also expected to strongly support them. The tender for dredging and...