Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 6

07-February-2005

KUWAIT

First Of Two CDUs At Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery Restarted After Routine Maintenance

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said on 1 February that CDU 5, one of two 120,000 b/d capacity crude distillation units closed for maintenance in early January had been restarted two weeks earlier than scheduled (MEES, 17 January). A second unit, CDU 3, which was shut down several days after CDU 5, is scheduled for restart on 22 February....