citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message state of kuwait kuwait petroleum international q8 agency overview formed 1983 headquarters kuwait agency executive bkheet al rashidi chairman parent agency kuwait petroleum corporation website http www.q8.com kuwait petroleum international often referred to by its trademark q8 pronounced que eight or kuwait refines and markets fuel lubricants and other petroleum products in europe . established in 1983 it is the international subsidiary of kuwait petroleum corporation . 1 2 it supplies 4 000 retail filling stations as well as direct sales operations delivering fuel and heating oil to domestic and industrial users . q8 also operates an international diesel service ids a secure fuel card service supported by automated technology for international road transportation companies in more than 700 located sites throughout europe . q8 also has a significant aviation business marketing jet fuel at more than 40 airports worldwide and a lubricants business with five lubricants blending plants direct sales and marketing activities across europe and export sales to over 75 countries worldwide . history edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message 1938 discovery of oil in kuwait 1975 nationalisation of oil wells in kuwait 1980 foundation of kuwait petroleum corporation 1983 foundation of kuwait petroleum international limited acquisition gulf oil in the benelux sweden and denmark 1984 acquisition of gulf oil in italy 1986 acquisition of hays petroleum services which had previously been owned by the kuwait investment office and used the pace petroleum brand and ultramar in the uk introduction of the q8 brand 1987 acquisition of bp in denmark 1987 acquisition of the soviet controlled nafta in britain 1990 acquisition of mobil oil in italy 1997 joint venture with agip milazzo refinery in sicily 1998 joint venture ok petroleum and kpi in sweden establishing the okq8 brand 1998 acquisition of bp retail belgium 1999 acquisition of aral belgium 2004 acquisition of tango unmanned sites from petroplus in the netherlands 62 sites belgium 4 sites and spain 1 site ; these are typically now branded q8 easy 2004 sale of uk operations to a consortium operating under the name pace petroleum 2005 sale of thai operations to the malaysian company petronas 2006 sale of german operation which had 37 service stations under the markant brand to westfalen a dhow near dar es salaam tanzania the company s logo represents a dhow a traditional arab sailboat . the colours yellow red and blue symbolise the desert sun and sea respectively . references edit q8 . q8 . retrieved 2016 08 23 . kuwait japan joint oil refinery project in vietnam . steelguru . 11 november 2008 . retrieved 2008 11 15 . external links edit official kuwait petroleum international website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kuwait petroleum international & oldid 735959162 categories oil and gas companies of kuwait1986 establishments in kuwaitnon renewable resource companies established in 1986hidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2014all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages dansksvenska ti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 24 august 2016 at 06 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view