VOL. XLVII

No 03

19-January-2004

KUWAIT

Kuwait’s Refineries Restart After Power Cuts/Fires

Partial production at all of Kuwait’s three refineries resumed on 13 January after they were shut down late on 12 January. Production was suspended at Shuaiba, Mina al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah following a technical breakdown in generators at the Shuaiba South power station that supplies electricity to all three refineries. The breakdown was followed by small fires at the Ahmadi and...