VOL. XLIII

No. 34

21-August-2000

KUWAIT

FCC Unit At Ahmadi Refinery Restarted; Investigations Indicate That Negligence Caused Shu'aiba And Ahmadi Refinery Accidents

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said on 12 August that it had restarted a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit at Mina al-Ahmadi refinery which was shut down after an explosion and fire on 25 June that killed six workers and injured 50 (MEES, 3 July). On 13 August it was reported that a gasoline unit which escaped damage in...