Shuaiba Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Kuwait National Petroleum Company
• Website: http://www.knpc.com.kw/knpc/
• Location: Shuaiba Industrial Area, about 50 km south of Kuwait City, Kuwait
• Capacity: 10.0 million tons/annum & 200,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A large medium complexity refinery

Refining Units

• Crude Distillation Unit 1 180.000 bpd
• Hydrogen Manufacturing Units 3 222 MMSCF/D
• Catalytic Reforming Unit 1 15800 BP/D
• ISO Cracker Unit 1 44000 BP/D
• ISO Max Unit 1 23000 BP/D
• H- Oil Unit 1 50000 BP/D
• Naphtha Fractionation Unit 1 65000 BP/D
• Naphtha Unifining Unit 1 26000 BP/D
• Kerosene Unifining Unit 1 34200 BP/D
• Light Diesel Unifining Unit 1 12600 BP/D
• Heavy Diesel Unifining Unit 1 9320 BP/D
• Kerosene Merox Unit 1 15000 BP/D
• Sulphur Recovery Plant 2 38.4 MMSCF/D
• Acid Gas Removal Plant 1 48.5 MMSCF/O 48.5 MMSCF/O
• Ammonical Water Treating 2 140 & 340 GPM
• Flare Gas Recovery Unit D 1 18.76 million SCF/

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery is capable of handling relatively high sulfur crude oils

Products Produced

• Naphtha and various kinds of fuels such as high-octane Gasoline, Kerosene & Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), Diesel, marine Diesel, Fuel oil and Sulfur

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

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History

• 1975 - Refinery expanded to 180,000 bpd
• 1990 - The plant suffered damage during the Iraqi invasion
• 1993 - Operations resumed following reconstruction
• 2017 - The refinery was closed down

Relevant Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Daelim Oil And Gas Projects
3. Shuaiba Refinery Units SECTION 1
4. Saipem Atmospheric Crude Distillation Units
5. Saipem Kerosene Treatment Units
6. Saipem Hydrocracking Units
7. Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units
8. Closure of Shuaiba Refinery

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