06 May 2009
KUWAIT: Kuwait's state refining company plans to partially shut a 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) heavy oil unit at its Shuaiba refinery for scheduled maintenance in May, a company official said yesterday. Work on the unit, which turns heavy oil into more valuable products such as transport fuels, will start on May 10 and run for 28 days, the official said.
The heavy oil distillation unit has two trains, each with a capacity of 25,000 bpd, the official said. The shutdown will not affect the overall refining capacity of the ageing 200,000 barrels per day Shuaiba refinery, he said.
KUWAIT: Kuwait's state refining company plans to partially shut a 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) heavy oil unit at its Shuaiba refinery for scheduled maintenance in May, a company official said yesterday. Work on the unit, which turns heavy oil into more valuable products such as transport fuels, will start on May 10 and run for 28 days, the official said.
The heavy oil distillation unit has two trains, each with a capacity of 25,000 bpd, the official said. The shutdown will not affect the overall refining capacity of the ageing 200,000 barrels per day Shuaiba refinery, he said.
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