Kuwait
Kuwait Petroleum to lead CDU capacity additions

Kuwait Petroleum Corp is expected to lead new-build crude distillation unit (CDU) capacity additions in the global refinery industry from planned and announced projects between 2019 and 2023, contributing around 5% to global CDU capacity growth by 2023, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
The company’s report, ‘H2 2019 Global Capacity and Capital Expenditure Outlook for Refineries – Nigeria Leads Global Refinery CDU Capacity Additions’, reveals that Kuwait Petroleum Corp will have new-build refinery CDU capacity of 830 thousand barrels per day (mbd) by 2023 from planned and approved projects.
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Dipayan Chakraborty, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Kuwait Petroleum Corp is expected to add three new-build refineries during the outlook period. Among these, Al-Zour in Kuwait is the largest refinery and is expected to start operations in 2020. The CDU capacity of this cracking-type refinery will be 615 mbd.”
According to the report, Dangote Industries Ltd will be the second-highest company in terms of new-build CDU capacity additions with 650 mbd by 2023. The Lagos I refinery in Nigeria is the only planned refinery in the company’s portfolio.
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