Facility will become the largest integrated refinery and petrochemicals plant in Kuwait
Honeywell recently announced that Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) has awarded reconfiguration of the refining and petrochemical sections of its Al-Zour refinery to Honeywell UOP. The newly designed complex will increase the plant’s output capacity of fuels and petrochemicals.
Honeywell UOP, a leading licensor of refining and petrochemical process technology, will revise the configuration and capacity of the refinery’s gasoline production facilities. The company will also supply technology licenses, design services, key equipment, and advanced catalysts and adsorbents to produce clean-burning fuels, paraxylene, propylene and other petrochemicals.
“Honeywell is committed to supporting Kuwait’s long-term growth and development in the energy sector, leveraging innovative technologies and advanced training programs to help achieve key objectives under New Kuwait Vision 2035 and KPC Vision 2040,” said Rachad Abdallah, President, Honeywell Kuwait.
When completed, this will be the largest integrated refinery and petrochemicals plant ever constructed in Kuwait. The refinery’s gasoline section will include a world-scale 98,000 barrel per day (bpd) RFCC (residual fluid catalytic cracking) complex for production of propylene, gasoline, and a UOP Selectfining unit to produce low-sulfur gasoline blending components.
In Kuwait for over 50 years, Honeywell has a long history of supporting Kuwait’s energy industries through leading-edge technologies, efficient business solutions, local training, research and development initiatives. Honeywell is the first company to build “Made in Kuwait” solutions to power digital transformation across the country’s growing oil, gas and petrochemical sectors.
The company also operates the Honeywell Automation College in Mina Abdullah, which delivers global training capabilities locally through more than 300 courses specifically designed to address the requirements of Kuwait’s power and water, oil and gas, and automation industries.
KIPIC is a new subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) set up by State of Kuwait to manage refinery, petrochemicals and LNG import operations in the Al-Zour complex, located south of Kuwait City.
