Kuwait’s Shuaiba refinery, closed for repairs, will return to full production capacity in June after a 40-day turnaround, a senior company executive said, cited by the Gulf Daily News on Wednesday.
The refinery is expected to come back to its full capacity of 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) on June 6, said the paper.
The cost of the general refinery turnaround is estimated at US$3.6 million, said Sami Al Rushaid, deputy chairman of Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC).
Rushaid told a news conference at the plant in southern Kuwait that Shuaiba undergoes such repairs every five years.
KNPC operates three local refineries, which mainly export to Asian markets, said the paper.
Shuaiba is the smallest of the three plants.
Shuaiba’s engineering and maintenance manager, Ahmad Al Sarraf, told reporters that 36 contractors with an army of about 3,000 workers would carry out the latest repairs – Albawaba.com
