Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 7

14-February-2005

kuwait

Shuaiba Refinery Cracker To Shut For Routine Maintenance

A 27,000 b/d fuel oil cracker at Kuwaits Shuaiba refinery is to be shut down for routine maintenance in the second week of February, a senior official told Reuters on 8 February. It will remain closed for some eight weeks. The closure will have a small impact on the output of products like gasoline, but will not affect the facilitys 200,000 b/d processing capacity.

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