VOL. XXXVII

NO. 8

22-NOVEMBER-1993

Kuwait

Kuwait Recommissions Shuaiba Refinery

The Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) recommissioned the Shuaibarefinery on 17 November, some two and a half years after it was severely damagedduring the Gulf war. The refinery, which was reopened at an official ceremony byKuwait's Minister of Oil, Mr. 'Ali Baghli, has been put on stream at capacity of130,000 b/d - compared to its pre-war capacity of 200,000 b/d - thereby raisingKuwait's current refinery...