Oman’s Duqm Refinery inaugurated
Oman The USD 9-billion refinery is running at its full capacity of 230,000 bpd.
The refinery, located 600 kilometres south of Muscat, houses a hydrocracking unit and a petroleum coke unit that produce LPG, naphtha, jet fuel, diesel, sulphur and petroleum coke.
According to Reuters, the facility became fully operational on Monday.
Trial operations began at the refinery in April 2023.
The refinery is a is a 50-50 joint venture between Oman’s OQ Group and Kuwait Petroleum International. It represents the largest joint investment of its kind between the two nations.
Kuwait plans to refine 425,000 bpd of its crude in other markets.
Also in February, the Al Zour refinery, located in Kuwait, reached full capacity for the first time.
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