Newsletters | Request Trial | Log in | Advertise | Digital Issue   |   Search
  • Upstream
  • Midstream & Downstream
  • Gas & LNG
  • Trading & Markets
  • Corporate & Finance
  • Geopolitics
  • Podcasts
Search
Related Articles
ADNOC eyes cross-border opportunities
The Emirati company is ramping up its overseas expansion programme, taking it into new geographic areas that challenge long-held assumptions about Gulf NOCs
Middle East takes control of oil supply chain
The region, known for its crude output, has gone from product importer to exporter, easing supply worries in Europe and creating a supply glut in Asia and elsewhere
Kuwait looks to capitalise on emir’s bold move
Emir Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Sabah’s dissolution of parliament gives him more power to shape decisions on the country’s oil and gas future
Middle East refiners primed for growth
Capacity additions set to take advantage of disruption to Russian diesel
Mideast upstream long-term outlooks diverge
The region’s producers have their own specific goals and face drastically different challenges
Another political false start in Kuwait
The opportunity offered by high oil prices to expand static oil and gas capacity is being squandered
PNZ gas project sparks Tehran’s ire
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia’s domestic scarcity has driven the formal revival of longstanding plans to tap the shared Dorra field
Meeting the oil and gas supply gap
The world has no lack of recoverable oil and gas resources. But where they will come from in the future will change
Kuwait on defensive over capacity decline
KPC chief claims remediation is just around the corner, but his assessment appears improbably upbeat
Kuwait takes next step in Gulf refining expansion
Middle Eastern NOCs have turned to the downstream to take greater control over the global supply chain
A refinery in Kuwait City
Kuwait KPC
Ian Simm
22 June 2021
Follow @PetroleumEcon
Forward article link
Share PDF with colleagues

Kuwait takes next step in Gulf refining expansion

Middle Eastern NOCs have turned to the downstream to take greater control over the global supply chain

State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has—after lengthy delays—completed one of two $15bn+ programmes designed to more than double the country’s refining capacity. KPC’s downstream-focused Kuwait National Petroleum Corp (KNPC) subsidiary finished work earlier in June on a new 70,000bl/d hydrocracking unit, expanding capacity to 454,000bl/d at the Mina Abdullah refinery. The new facility—hydrocracking unit 114—will produce low-sulphur diesel and kerosene to meet European standards. With this, it achieved mechanical completion a month ahead of schedule on the Clean Fuels Project (CFP), a $15.7bn programme to upgrade and expand the Mina Abdullah and Mina al-Ahmadi refineries to a combi

Also in this section
Petroleum Economist: July/August 2025
3 July 2025
The July/August 2025 issue of Petroleum Economist is out now!
Middle East Gas Conference 2025
2 July 2025
The global energy community will converge in Dubai on 10 December for a landmark event dedicated to shaping the future of natural gas across the region
New Zealand backs gas, but results take time
30 June 2025
Government is sending out the right policy signals to support increased domestic gas development, but policy takes time to implement and even longer to yield results
Gas pricing finds a new norm
27 June 2025
Gas-on-gas competition pricing has grown its share of consumption significantly over the past two decades, primarily at the expense of oil-price-escalation pricing, according to the IGU

Share PDF with colleagues

Rich Text Editor, message-text
Editor toolbarsBasic Styles Bold ItalicParagraph Insert/Remove Numbered List Insert/Remove Bulleted List Decrease Indent Increase IndentLinks Link Unlinkabout About CKEditor
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: PDF sharing is permitted internally for Petroleum Economist Gold Members only. Usage of this PDF is restricted by <%= If(IsLoggedIn, User.CompanyName, "")%>’s agreement with Petroleum Economist – exceeding the terms of your licence by forwarding outside of the company or placing on any external network is considered a breach of copyright. Such instances are punishable by fines of up to US$1,500 per infringement
Send

Forward article Link

Rich Text Editor, txt-link-message
Editor toolbarsBasic Styles Bold ItalicParagraph Insert/Remove Numbered List Insert/Remove Bulleted List Decrease Indent Increase IndentLinks Link Unlinkabout About CKEditor
Send
Sign Up For Our Newsletter
Project Data
Maps
Podcasts
Social Links
Featured Video
Home
  • About us
  • Subscribe
  • Reaching your audience
  • PE Store
  • Terms and conditions
  • Contact us
  • Privacy statement
  • Cookies
  • Sitemap
All material subject to strictly enforced copyright laws © 2025 The Petroleum Economist Ltd
Cookie Settings
;

Search

  • Upstream
  • Midstream & Downstream
  • Gas & LNG
  • Trading & Markets
  • Corporate & Finance
  • Geopolitics
  • Podcasts
Search