Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 22

30-May-2005

Kuwait

Shuaiba Refinery’s Diesel Unit Shut For Routine Maintenance

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said on 24 May that a unit producing diesel at the 200,000 b/d capacity Shuaiba refinery had been closed for 40 days for routine maintenance. A senior official added that a 27,000 b/d heavy oil cracker at the facility had been closed on 18 May for a similar period of planned maintenance. In March 2006, the whole...