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DuPont signs Kuwait refinery deal

DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) has signed contracts with Honeywell UOP to provide a 9,100 b/sd* alkylation unit and 70mn t/d sulfuric acid regeneration (SAR) unit for the Petrochemical Refinery Integration Al-Zour (PRIZe) project in Al-Zour, Kuwait.

PRIZe is claimed to be the largest greenfield refinery ever built and is currently under construction in southern Kuwait. The 615,000 b/sd mega refinery is part of Kuwait’s strategy to reduce sulphur emissions from vehicles and power plants. Start-up is targeted for the 2Q2022. With the PRIZe project, Kuwait aims to become a major player in the ultra-low sulphur fuel market and plans to increase KNPC’s domestic refining capacity from 0.94mn b/d to 1.42mn b/d.

*Refinery capacity is measured in two ways – barrels per calendar day and barrels per stream day. Barrels per calendar day reflect the input that a distillation unit can process in a 24-hour period under usual operating conditions, taking into account both planned and unplanned maintenance. Barrels per stream day reflect the maximum number of barrels of input that a distillation facility can process within a 24-hour period when running at full capacity under optimal crude oil and product slate conditions with no allowance for downtime.

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