The Al Zour Refinery is an oil refinery in Southern Kuwait. It is the second-largest refinery in the Middle East.[1][2][3] It is an essential part of Kuwait Vision 2035.[4][5] It is Kuwait's largest environmental friendly oil refinery.[6][4]
The Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) first released plans to build what would have been the country's fourth oil refinery in May 2006 before construction was postponed in March 2008 due to political opposition. Two years later, however, the government re-approved construction and Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company was created to manage its operations after 2019.[8]
Initial planedit
The Kuwait National Petroleum Company released plans to construct the refinery in July 2007. In May 2008, it awarded construction contracts; the largest contracted was granted to a consortium of Japan's JGC Corporation and South Korea's GS Engineering & Construction, covering the installation of six distillation and atmospheric residue desulphurisation units, and diesel, naphtha, and kerosene hydrotreating plants. Korea's SK Engineering & Construction was charged with constructing the hydrogen plants, as well as the compression and sulphur recovery units; Daelim Industrial was to construct storage tanks; and Hyundai Engineering and Construction was to be responsible for the marine works. U.S. engineering and construction firm Fluor Corporation was awarded the offsites and utilities contract.[9] KNPC announced that it would be operational in 2012 and that it planned on spending approximately $14 billion on the project.[10] The refinery is expected to have a capacity of 615,000 bbl/d (97,800 m3/d), which would have made it the largest refinery in the Middle East.[11]
Initial cancellationedit
In March 2009, the Kuwaiti government informed the contractors to halt construction, citing a drop in oil prices. Some investment analysts predicted the project's cancellation as early as December 2008.[12] Furthermore, the project encountered political opposition by lawmakers who claimed that the government had not consulted the Central Tenders Committee before awarding contracts to foreign companies.[13]
However, in June 2011, the Supreme Petroleum Council—Kuwait's oil agency—re-approved construction of the refinery in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait. Construction had been halted due to financial concerns and political wrangling, but the Oil Minister affirmed that Kuwait was indeed moving forward with the refinery that would be able to process 615,000 barrels of oil per day. The estimated cost is $14.5 billion, or 4 billion dinars.[13] In May 2012 Kuwait's three existing refineries produced 930,000 barrels per day.[8]
Finally, the first phase of Al-Zour integrated refining and petrochemical complex has been commissioned in January 2023.[16] All three phases of the refinery are commissioned successfully.
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The Al Zour Refinery is an oil refinery in Southern Kuwait It is the second largest refinery in the Middle East 1 2 3 It is an essential part of Kuwait Vision 2035 4 5 It is Kuwait s largest environmental friendly oil refinery 6 4 Al Zour RefineryTypeGovernment ownedIndustryOil refineryFounded2007 2007 commissioned 2023 HeadquartersAl Zour KuwaitProductsPetroleum PetrochemicalsOwnerKuwait Integrated Petrochemical Industries CompanyParentKuwait National Petroleum CompanyAl Zour Refinery is a Kuwait China cooperation project under the Belt and Road Initiative 7 Contents 1 History 1 1 Initial plan 1 2 Initial cancellation 1 3 Relaunch 2 See also 3 ReferencesHistory editThe Kuwait National Petroleum Company KNPC first released plans to build what would have been the country s fourth oil refinery in May 2006 before construction was postponed in March 2008 due to political opposition Two years later however the government re approved construction and Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company was created to manage its operations after 2019 8 Initial plan edit The Kuwait National Petroleum Company released plans to construct the refinery in July 2007 In May 2008 it awarded construction contracts the largest contracted was granted to a consortium of Japan s JGC Corporation and South Korea s GS Engineering amp Construction covering the installation of six distillation and atmospheric residue desulphurisation units and diesel naphtha and kerosene hydrotreating plants Korea s SK Engineering amp Construction was charged with constructing the hydrogen plants as well as the compression and sulphur recovery units Daelim Industrial was to construct storage tanks and Hyundai Engineering and Construction was to be responsible for the marine works U S engineering and construction firm Fluor Corporation was awarded the offsites and utilities contract 9 KNPC announced that it would be operational in 2012 and that it planned on spending approximately 14 billion on the project 10 The refinery is expected to have a capacity of 615 000 bbl d 97 800 m3 d which would have made it the largest refinery in the Middle East 11 Initial cancellation edit In March 2009 the Kuwaiti government informed the contractors to halt construction citing a drop in oil prices Some investment analysts predicted the project s cancellation as early as December 2008 12 Furthermore the project encountered political opposition by lawmakers who claimed that the government had not consulted the Central Tenders Committee before awarding contracts to foreign companies 13 However in June 2011 the Supreme Petroleum Council Kuwait s oil agency re approved construction of the refinery in Al Ahmadi Kuwait Construction had been halted due to financial concerns and political wrangling but the Oil Minister affirmed that Kuwait was indeed moving forward with the refinery that would be able to process 615 000 barrels of oil per day The estimated cost is 14 5 billion or 4 billion dinars 13 In May 2012 Kuwait s three existing refineries produced 930 000 barrels per day 8 Relaunch edit The Kuwait National Petroleum Company announced that it would relaunch a tender in June 2012 8 The revised project timeline aims for completion in June 2019 14 The majority of EPC contracts were issued to Fluor Daewoo Hyundai Heavy Industries Tecnicas Reunidas Sinopec Hanwha Engineering and Construction SK Engineering Amec Wood and Saipem amongst others 15 Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company was created to manage the operations Finally the first phase of Al Zour integrated refining and petrochemical complex has been commissioned in January 2023 16 All three phases of the refinery are commissioned successfully See also editKuwait Vision 2035References edit nbsp Kuwait portal nbsp Energy portal Sinopec completes main unit of the Middle East s largest refinery Hydrocarbon Processing 16 December 2019 Largest Refinery Project in the Middle East Process Worldwide 24 August 2016 Start up of Kuwait s al Zour refinery still months off Argus Media 16 March 2021 a b Ellie Pritchard 22 June 2021 Al Zour Kuwait s vision of becoming an international hub in the Middle East Valve World Archived from the original on 21 January 2022 Retrieved 21 July 2021 Al Zour refinery strategic project of Kuwait 2035 Vision Kuwait News Agency KUNA 1 May 2017 Talal Aljiran Walid Alkandari 13 October 2019 Site Preparation amp Soil remediation for Kuwait s Largest Environmental Friendly oil Refinery by Utilizing Dredging amp Soil Compaction OnePetro doi 10 2118 198101 MS S2CID 210318313 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Feature Kuwait s refinery project showcases Chinese concept of win win cooperation Xinhua News Agency 14 December 2019 Archived from the original on 14 December 2019 a b c Kuwait to tender for oil refinery in June official Thomson Reuters 8 May 2012 Archived from the original on 3 February 2016 Retrieved 12 June 2012 KNPC Al Zour Refinery Zawya Retrieved 23 December 2008 Ackerman Ruthie 20 March 2009 Kuwait Fluor Deal Falls Through Forbes Retrieved 12 June 2012 15bn budget for Al Zour refinery unchanged Kuwait Times 13 May 2008 Archived from the original on 13 February 2012 Retrieved 23 December 2008 Daley Will 20 March 2009 Fluor Says Kuwait Halts 2 1 Billion in Refinery Work Update4 Bloomberg Retrieved 12 June 2012 a b MacDonald Fiona 28 June 2011 Kuwait May Tap Private Investors for 14 5 Billion Refinery Bloomberg Businessweek Archived from the original on 3 September 2011 Retrieved 12 June 2012 KIPIC Al Zour Refinery KIPIC Archived from the original on 21 September 2018 Retrieved 2 November 2018 KNPC Awards Contracts worth US 11 5bn for al Zour Refinery Middle East Oil Review 29 July 2015 Retrieved 2 November 2018 https www ogj com refining processing article 14288157 kuwaits new alzour refinery enters commercial operation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Al 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