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
Projects
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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
