kuwait kuwait national petroleum company knpc agency overview headquarters al ahmadi coordinates 29 5 34 n 48 5 14 e 29.09278 n 48.08722 e 29.09278 ; 48.08722 agency executive mohammad ghazi al mutairi chief executive officer https twitter.com ceo knpc parent agency kuwait petroleum corporation website http www.knpc.com the kuwait national petroleum company knpc is the national oil refining company of kuwait . established in october 1960 knpc handles the responsibility of oil refining gas liquefaction and distribution of petroleum goods within the local market . mohammad ghazi al mutairi ceo contents 1 history 2 refineries 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit established in october 1960 1 as a share holding company owned by the kuwait government and private sector knpc became fully government owned in 1975 . since 1968 the company had been exporting petroleum products from its shuaiba refinery . in 1980 following the restructuring of the oil sector in kuwait knpc was placed under the newly created kuwait petroleum corporation kpc which was also government owned . under this position knpc took control of distributing petroleum products within kuwait along with the ownership of the mina ahmadi and mina abdullah refineries . refineries edit mina abdullah refinery built in 1958 by the american independent oil company mina abdullah was passed to the kuwaiti state in 1975 and transferred to knpc in 1978 . spanning 7 835 000 m and located 46 km south of kuwait city mina abdullah is capable of refining 730 000 barrels per day 116 000 m3 d bpd . mina al ahmadi refinery initially built in 1949 the refinery was handed over to knpc in 1980 . spanning 10 534 000 m it is located 45 km south of kuwait city with a production capacity of 730 000 bbl d 116 000 m3 d . shuaiba refinery built in 1966 shuaiba refinery was the first refinery in the region to be built by a national company . the refinery spans 1 332 000 m and is located 50 km south of kuwait city within the shuaiba industrial area . the refinery has a capacity of 200 000 bbl d 32 000 m3 d . al zour refinery knpc released plans to build a fourth refinery known as al zour in july 2007 . the refinery is expected to have a capacity of 615 000 bbl d 97 800 m3 d making it the largest refinery in the middle east . in may 2008 kuwait national petroleum company awarded the four remaining epc contracts process package 1 was awarded to the consortium of jgc corporation and gs engineering & construction process package 2 was awarded to sk engineering & construction storage tanks package was awarded to daelim industrial company marine works package was awarded to hyundai engineering & construction and the offsites & utilities package was awarded to fluor corporation . the contracts have now been revoked and the project being out on hold for lack of transparency in the awarding of the contracts to the companies mentioned above . 2 see also edit kuwait oil company economy of kuwait references edit mary ann t treault 1 january 1995 . the kuwait petroleum corporation and the economics of the new world order . greenwood publishing group . p. 7 . isbn 978 0 89930 510 3 . retrieved 3 february 2014 . knpc al zour refinery external links edit official kuwait national petroleum company website projects retrieved 7june 2008 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kuwait national petroleum company & oldid 738013261 categories oil and gas companies of kuwaitenergy companies established in 1960non renewable resource companies established in 19601960 establishments in kuwaithidden categories coordinates not on wikidata 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 polski edit links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 11 48 . 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