Mina Saud Refinery
A 200,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Mina Saud, KW, operated by KNPC. Nelson Complexity 7.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 200,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 7
- Status
- Damaged
- Operator
- KNPC
- Parent
- Kuwait National Petroleum Company
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/knpc-mina
- Coordinates
- 28.7000, 48.3900
Notes
Multiple credible news sources (Al Jazeera, The National, DD News) from April 3, 2026 report that Mina Saud Refinery in Kuwait was hit by missile and drone strikes. The facility sustained damage requiring containment efforts, indicating it is not currently operational following the attack.
What coverage reports
Iran strikes Gulf energy sites: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi refineries hit
2026-03-19 · 1 publisher filed it
conflict 3
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
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Conflict HighIran strikes Gulf energy sites: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi refineries hitThe Jerusalem Post · matched mina, saud
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Conflict CriticalSaudi Arabia: Missile debris sparks fire at Aramco oil refineryMiddle East Eye · matched mina, saud
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Conflict CriticalSaudi Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia hit by suspected drone strike, Kuwaiti refinery by debrisУкраїнські Національні Новини (УНН) · matched mina, saud
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.