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Kuwait's Al-Zour Refinery Facing CDU Issue: Argus

REFINING

A crude distillation unit (CDU) at Kuwait's state-owned KPC's new al-Zour refinery has been shut because of a technical issue according to an Argus source.

  • KPC started operations at the second 205,000 b/d phase of its 615,000 b/d al-Zour refinery in March.
  • Argus sources said it could be shut until May but there is no official timeline.
  • When al-Zour is fully online, it will expand Kuwait's refining capacity from 800,000 b/d to 1.415mn b/d.

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