Kuwait Exports First Cargo of Jet Gas From New Zour Refinery

(Bloomberg) — Kuwait Petroleum Corp. exported its first cargo of aviation jet gasoline from the nation’s newly commissioned Al-Zour mega-refinery.

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The primary cargo is at present being shipped aboard the Pacific Sarah tanker, KPC mentioned in an announcement on Sunday. The corporate and its subsidiaries are “repeatedly working to satisfy the rising demand of the worldwide marketplace for clear fuels consistent with environmental laws,” KPC mentioned.

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Kuwait mentioned earlier this month it had began business operations of the primary section of the Al-Zour refinery, after the manufacturing and sale of gasoline oil in October to produce native energy stations. The second and third phases of the refinery will observe, till full capability of 615,000 barrels is reached early subsequent 12 months. As soon as the ability on Kuwait’s coast is working totally, it’ll increase the OPEC member’s refining capability to about 1.5 million barrels a day.

Comprising three mini refineries, Al-Zour is the largest of a number of oil-processing services being added throughout the Center East. The Dangote refinery in Nigeria, barely greater at 650,000 barrels a day, is because of begin up in 2023.

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