New mega-refinery helps Kuwait to record capacity: Minister
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Kuwait City: Kuwait said Wednesday its refining capacity had reached a record 1.8 million barrels per day as it inaugurated one of the region s bigges...
Kuwait City: Kuwait said Wednesday its refining capacity had reached a record 1.8 million barrels per day as it inaugurated one of the region's biggest refineries which started operating at full capacity in recent months.
Made up of three component units, the huge Al-Zour refinery is one of the biggest in the Middle East. It was officially inaugurated on Wednesday, months after its output reached full capacity of 615,000 bpd.
"We have succeeded in reaching an unprecedented refining capacity of 1.83 million bpd both domestically and abroad," Oil Minister Emad Mohammed al-Atiqi said.
"The refining capacity of domestic refineries amounts to 1.415 million bpd," more than double the 2021 capacity of 600,000 bpd, he added.
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