Kuwait's Al-Zour Refinery Expected to Restart 2 Crude Units by August 10

Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company shut down parts of its 615,000 barrel-per-day Al-Zour refinery on July 18 due to a power cut, IIR told Reuters in a statement. State-owned KIPIC did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the shutdown, which had not previously been reported.

KIPIC will tentatively restart parts of the refinery, including a 205,000 bpd crude distillation unit, by August 10 and another 205,000 bpd crude unit on the same day after an unplanned shutdown since March 13, said energy consultancy IIR, which tracks outages.

The Kuwaiti refinery is a major exporter of distillate fuels such as jet fuel and diesel, and is a relatively new refining project, having been brought online in 2022. Last year it exported 88,000 bpd of middle distillates to Europe. Earlier in the year it lowered processing ​rates during a round of attacks by Iran.