Al Zour Refinery Project
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Summary Information
- Also known as Al Zoor Refinery Project
- Ownership: KNPC
- Website: http://www.knpc.com.kw/
- Wiki Page: Al Zour Refinery
- Location: Kuwait
- Capacity: 30.75 million tons/annum & 615,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage: Planning
- Expected Completion:
- Budget:
The Project
- Project Type: Greenfield Refinery
- Project Summary: The New Refinery Project is a 615,000 bpd grassroots refinery to be built in Kuwait and will consist of over 15 process units plus buildings, utilities and offsite facilities.
- Main Contractors
- HDEC received the fifth package worth around U$ 1.12 billion to build the marine facilities
Refining Units
- Residuum Hydrotreater Complex - 330,000 BPSD - Chevron Lummus Global
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Will process Kuwait Export, Medium and Heavy grade crudes
Products Produced
- The refinery will produce 225,000BPSD of low sulfur Fuel Oil(1.0wt.%Sulfur)to meet the growing demand of power generation plants in Kuwait.
- Will produce 340,000 bpd of export products
History
- 2012 - Project expected to be restarted
Other Information
- Due to political problems, the project was cancelled.
- However, it is now going to be revived
Relevant Links
- KNPC, Projects
- SK E&C Receives Orders for Plant Construction in Amount of $2.06 Billion
- Chevron Lummus Global Selected by Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation to Build World’s Largest Residuum Hydrotreater Complex
- Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. tops U$ 5 Billion in New Orders from Overseas
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