Kuwait: Selected Downstream Projects
                 
Country Project/Refinery Name Type Company Start Up Capacity
 (kb/d)
Status Type  
Kuwait Shuaiba New Project KNPC 2006 - UD Treating
Kuwait Mina Abdulla New Project KNPC 2006 20 UD Treating
Kuwait Az Zour New Project KNPC 2010 615 UD Distillation
Kuwait USA New Project Kuwait/Partnership 2011 250 Early stage Distillation
Kuwait China New Project KPI/PIC Others 2011 250 Early stage Distillation
Notes:
Status
UD: under development (Engineering design and construction is now taking place)
Planning: advance stage but still some time before construction begins
Early stage: project identified, but no final approval has been made by operator