Refinery

Al Zour Refinery

KNPC ·Al Zour, KW ·v1.1

A 615,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Al Zour, KW, operated by KNPC. Nelson Complexity 14.

Record

Rated capacity
615,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Nelson Complexity Index
14
Status
Operating
Operator
KNPC
Parent
Kuwait National Petroleum Company
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/knpc-al
Coordinates
28.7200, 48.4100

What coverage reports

23 days since one was reported

Kuwait's Al-Zour refinery expected to restart two crude units by August 10, IIR says
2026-07-29 · 1 publisher filed it

7 reported in 12 months

operations 4 · incident 2 · conflict 1

2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption

These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.

Wire

81 records22 Jun 2015 to 29 Jul 2026General 60 · Operations 9 · Incident 7 · Expansion 4
  1. Operations Medium
    Kuwait's Al-Zour refinery expected to restart two crude units by August 10, IIR says

    Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company shut down parts of its Al-Zour refinery on July 18 due to a power cut.

    Zawya · matched zour
  2. General Low
    Kuwait sets end-Sept to bid for Al-Zour feedstock project
    Zawya + 1 other outlet · matched zour
  3. General Low
    $10 Billion Al-Zour Kuwait Petrochemical Complex Project Moves Forward Under New Management
    Construction Review · matched zour
  4. Conflict Low
    Did the Video Show an Iranian Attack on Kuwait’s Al-Zour Refinery?
    موقع مسبار · matched zour
  5. General Low
    Kuwait to issue tender for Al-Zour LNG unit
    ZAWYA · matched zour
  6. General Low
    Kuwait's 615,000 bpd Al Zour refinery reduced run rates by approximately 25% due to Mideast conflict, IIR says
    MarketScreener · matched zour
  7. General Low
    KNPC, KPC, Crude Oil Refinery: 7 Kuwait Innovations 2026
    Farmonaut · matched zour
  8. Expansion Low
    Kipic issues new tender for Al-Zour refinery upgrade project
    MEED · matched zour
  9. General Low
    Kuwait’s al-Zour refinery lifts fuel oil exports to record highs
    Baird Maritime + 5 other outlets · matched zour
  10. General Low
    Kuwait's Al-Zour Refinery Ramps Up, VLSFO Exports Rise
    Energy Intelligence · matched zour
  11. General Low
    Al Zour Petrochemicals Complex Targets 2.7 Million Tonnes of Aromatics and Polypropylene
    Construction Review · matched zour
  12. Incident High
    Kuwait restarts Al-Zour crude unit after October fire
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched zour
  13. General Low
    Kuwait to Review $30 Billion Al Zour Refinery and Clean Fuels Pro...
    Industrial Info Resources · matched zour
  14. General Low
    Vietnamese Prime Minister visits Kuwait’s Al-Zour Refinery
    vietnamnews.vn · matched zour
  15. Operations High
    Kuwait's Al-Zour refinery seen offline into December
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched zour
  16. Operations High
    Kuwait Al-Zour Refinery Outage Could Last Into December
    Energy Intelligence · matched zour
  17. Operations High
    Kuwait Petroleum offers more crude after Al-Zour refinery outage
    The New Arab · matched zour
  18. Operations Critical
    Kuwait Petroleum offers more crude after Al-Zour refinery outage, sources say
    TradingView · matched zour
  19. Incident Critical
    Kuwait Shuts Units at Al-Zour Refinery After Fire
    Energy Intelligence · matched zour
  20. Incident Critical
    Kuwait's Al-Zour Refinery Partially Shut due to Fire, IIR Says
    ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English + 2 other outlets · matched zour
  21. General Low
    Kuwait Refining Capacity Set to Increase 77% as Mina Al Zour Refi...
    Industrial Info Resources · matched zour
  22. General Low
    The financial logic of downstream refining and Al Zour project
    Kuwait Times · matched zour
  23. Incident Critical
    One worker killed in fire at Kuwait's Mina Abdullah refinery, KNPC says
    reuters.com · matched zour
  24. Incident High
    Fire Breaks Out at Kuwait's al-Zour Refinery, Production Unaffected
    english.aawsat.com + 2 other outlets · matched zour
  25. General Low
    Kuwait’s Al-Zour Refinery’s output hits 615k bpd
    Arab News · matched zour
  26. General Low
    Kuwait Business: Kuwait's Al-Zour Refinery kicks into full swing with 615,000 bpd of crude
    Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) + 2 other outlets · matched zour
  27. General Low
    Al-Zour refinery boosts Kuwait’s oil capacity with full operations
    Health and Safety International · matched zour
  28. General Low
    Output at Kuwait’s fully operational Al-Zour refinery reaches 615,000 barrels per day
    Economy Middle East · matched zour
  29. General Low
    Kuwait Launches Full Operation of Al-Zour Refinery
    ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English · matched zour
  30. General Low
    Kuwait formally inaugurates Al Zour refinery
    The Energy Year · matched zour
  31. General Low
    CEO of KPC appreciates the Amir’s Al-Zour Refinery support
    Kuwait Times + 1 other outlet · matched zour
  32. General Low
    Kuwait starts full operation of Al-Zour refinery
    Zawya · matched zour
  33. General Low
    Kuwait's Al-Zour refinery hits full capacity for first time
    S&P Global · matched zour
  34. General Low
    Construction wraps on main units of Kuwait’s Al-Zour refinery
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched zour
  35. Expansion Medium
    Kuwait's Al-Zour refinery expansion complete, signalling major boost in oil processing capacity
    Oil & Gas Middle East · matched zour
  36. General Low
    Kuwait's Al-Zour Refinery Put into Full Production
    Rigzone · matched zour
  37. General Low
    KIPIC Fully Operating Al-Zour Refinery
    egyptoil-gas.com + 1 other outlet · matched zour
  38. General Low
    Kuwait's al-Zour Refinery Now Fully Operational, KIPIC Says
    english.aawsat.com + 2 other outlets · matched zour
  39. General Low
    KIPIC completes the third and last units of Al-Zour refinery
    Kuwait Times · matched zour
  40. Operations Critical
    Kuwait's KIPIC has sufficient stocks despite al-Zour shutdown, CEO says
    Reuters · matched zour
  41. Operations Critical
    Kuwait’s al-Zour refinery faces brief halt of fuel supply, expects 10-day recovery
    Al Arabiya English · matched zour
  42. Operations Critical
    Kuwait’s Zour Refinery Restarting After Malfunction Caused Halt
    Bloomberg.com · matched zour
  43. General Low
    Kuwait’s Al Zour refinery woes impact global fuel oil market
    Oil & Gas Middle East · matched zour
  44. General Low
    Kuwait Sees Mega Al-Zour Refinery Fully Operational in Few Days
    Bloomberg.com · matched zour
  45. General Low
    Kuwait’s Al Zour refinery appointing team leaders, progressing steadily to reach full capacity
    Oil & Gas Middle East · matched zour
  46. General Low
    Study shows lack of interest in Al Zour Petrochemicals complex in Kuwait
    The Arab Weekly · matched zour
  47. General Low
    Kuwait dominates ship fuel sales to Qatar as Al Zour refinery finds new markets
    S&P Global · matched zour
  48. Expansion Low
    Kuwait will refine over 1.4 million barrels per day with Al-Zour startup
    Oil & Gas Middle East · matched zour
  49. General Low
    Asian markets eye more Kuwaiti crude after Al Zour begins full operations
    Oil & Gas Middle East · matched zour
  50. General Low
    Kuwait’s multibillion Al-Zour refinery begins operations
    Oil & Gas Middle East · matched zour
  51. Incident High
    Kuwait: Fire breaks out at Al-Zour refinery
    Oil & Gas Middle East + 1 other outlet · matched zour
  52. General Low
    Kuwait’s Al Zour refinery issues fuel oil sales tender
    Oil & Gas Middle East · matched zour
  53. General Low
    Kuwait’s Al-Zour refinery delayed over technical glitch, CEO says
    Al Jazeera · matched zour
  54. General Low
    Kuwait’s Al-Zour mega-refinery’s final phase pushed to end of summer: Sheikh Nawaf
    Al Arabiya English · matched zour
  55. General Low
    Kuwait tenders Al-Zour refinery package
    MEED · matched zour
  56. General Low
    Kuwait: operation of the third unit of the Al Zour refinery is planned for June
    Agenzia Nova · matched zour
  57. General Low
    Inside Kuwait’s $10 billion Al-Zour petrochemicals complex project
    Oil & Gas Middle East · matched zour
  58. Operations Low
    FEATURE: Kuwait Al Zour refinery's surging LSFO exports set to close Western arbitrage to Asia
    S&P Global · matched zour
  59. General Low
    Kuwait to cut crude supplies to some Asian refiners as Al Zour refinery ramps up
    ET EnergyWorld · matched zour
  60. General Low
    KIPIC announces first shipment of solid sulfur from Al-Zour Refinery
    Kuwait Times · matched zour

21 older records held in the corpus. Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.