VOL. XL

No. 28

14-July-1997

KUWAIT

KNPC Approves Plan For Calcinated Petroleum Coke Plant

The Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has approved a plan for the constructionof a calcinated petroleum coke plant with a capacity of 300,000 tons/year at the MinaAbdullah refinery south of Kuwait city. In an announcement on 2 July, KNPC's Chairman andManaging Director, Mr. Ahmad Abd al-Muhsin al-Mutair, said that international demand forcalcinated petroleum coke was rising and the plant's output...