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Summary Information

* Ownership: Kuwait National Petroleum Company
* Website: http://www.knpc.com.kw/knpc/
* Location: 45 km to the South of Kuwait City on the Arabian Gulf
* Capacity: 21.5 million tons/annum & 415,000 bbl/day
* Nelson Complexity: 
* Refining Depth:

+++ Refining Units

* Atmospheric Distillation
* Gas Oil Hydrotreater - 70,000
* Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit
* Atmospheric Residue Desulphuriztion Unit
* Vacum rerun unit 
* Sulphur recovery Unit
* NHT Plant (2 Units) - 28,500 BPSD x 2
* CCR Plant (2 Units) - 18,000 BPSD x 2 - UOP
* FGRU Plant - 16 MMSCFD

+++ Terminal Capacity

* Crude Oil: 
* Refined Products: 

+++ Crude Supply
* -

+++ Products Produced
* -

+++ Ongoing Projects
* The [[KNPC Clean Fuel Refinery Project 2020]] will enable the plant to produce EURO V compliant fuels

+++ Other Information
* -

+++ History
* 1949 - A simple Refinery Commissioned with a refining capacity not exceeding 25,000 bpd
* 1982 - Capacity increased by 58,000 bpd and reformer commissioned
* 1984 - MAA-Refinery Modernization Project
* 1986 - Further Upgrading Project was officially inaugurated
* 2003 - Revamp project completed by SK Engineering 
* 2010 - Maire Tecnimont awarded acid-gas removal plant (AGRP) contract
* 2013 - Daelim Wins Project to Repair and Expand Sulfur Processing Facilities

+++ Relevant Links

# [[Chiyoda Crude Distillation Units]]
# [[Chiyoda Catalytic Reforming Units]]
# [[Studi Tecnologie Progetti Refining References]]
# [http://www.knpc.com.kw/knpc/refinery_ahmadi.html Refinery Webpage]
# [http://www.arimex.com.br/downloads/down_item/korean_partners/skec_in_brief.pdf SK Engineering Projects]
# [http://www.gsconst.co.kr/english/sub2_21.asp?p_gubun1=1 GS Project References]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:new-award-of-a-lstk-acid-gas-removal-project-in-kuwa New Award Of A LSTK Acid-Gas Removal Project In Kuwait]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:4257 Daelim Wins Project to Repair and Expand Sulfur Processing Facilities from Kuwait]