Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 21

23-May-2005

KUWAIT

Ahmadi Refinery Maintenance Scheduled For 2005-06

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) plans to shut two 36,000 b/d hydrotreater units at the Mina al-Ahmadi refinery for about 35 days in September this year for scheduled maintenance, an official told Reuters on 14 May. He added that a 40,000 b/d hydrocracker at Ahmadi would be shut for maintenance in October 2006. Earlier this year, KNPC carried out a maintenance program covering...