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The fifth gas pipeline will be operational end of the current year. (Shutterstock)

March 14th, 2019 - 07:51 GMT

Kuwait to Boost Gas Production With New Gas Pipeline Inauguration

The fifth gas pipeline will be operational end of the current year, expected Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) CEO Waleed al-Bader.

The refinery was heavily damaged during Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait before being restored to full operations at the end of the war in 1991. (File photo)

April 1st, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Kuwait shuts down 50-year-old oil refinery, launches clean fuels project instead

Kuwait awarded KD570 million ($1.7 billion) worth of construction projects in the first half of 2016. (File photo)

July 24th, 2016 - 12:30 GMT

Kuwait set to award $27B contracts this year

Contingency plans have been put into place to operate oil installations during the strike. (AFP/Yasser Al-Zayyat)

April 19th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Kuwait to take legal action against striking oil workers

The new facility will be able to process three billion cu m of gas every day. (Shutterstock)

March 8th, 2016 - 08:38 GMT

Korean consortium wins $2.93B bid to build Kuwaiti LNG import terminal

Kuwait plans to build a new refinery near the Saudi border. (Shutterstock)

October 14th, 2015 - 05:56 GMT

Kuwait signs $13.2B contracts for new oil refinery

Shuaiba is one of three oil refineries in Kuwait that produce a total of 930,000 barrels per day. (AFP/File)

August 23rd, 2015 - 03:28 GMT

Kuwait’s Shuaiba oil refinery resumes operations after fire

The explosion shut down facilities that produce a fifth of the country's oil. (AFP/File)

August 18th, 2015 - 02:18 GMT

Watch a video of the massive fire at Kuwait’s oil refinery

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August 17th, 2015 - 12:21 GMT

Blast reported at Kuwait oil refinery

More than $40 billion worth of new contracts were awarded in the GCC during the first quarter of 2014 alone (File Archive)

April 17th, 2014 - 06:40 GMT

Inside the GCC's booming construction industry

Kuwait's refining capacity will reach over 1.4 million bpd from the current level of 930,000 bpd, when the projects are completed.

April 14th, 2014 - 05:45 GMT

Moving forward? Not with diversification at least, Kuwait signs $12 billion worth of oil contracts, tenders others

The Clean Fuels Project is a specification upgrade and expansion of Kuwait’s largest refineries as part of the Gulf state’s economic development plan, which has faced delays partly due to political instability.

February 13th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

Kuwait ready to splurge $12 billion on upgrading its refiniries

The Mina Abdullah I refinery package will be executed by a consortium of Samsung Engineering (43 per cent), UK’s Petrofac(47 per cent) and CB&I Netherland B.V.(10 per cent)

February 12th, 2014 - 08:39 GMT

Consortium to save Kuwait's struggling refineries revealed