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Kuwaiti (KIPIC) exports the first shipment of solid sulfur from Al-Zour refinery

14-03-2023

Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) announced today, Tuesday, the export of the first shipment of solid sulfur from Al-Zour refinery, in cooperation with the global marketing sector of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. The official spokesman for KIPIC, Abdullah Al-Ajmi, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the volume of the shipment is 44,000 tons, pointing out that the industrial island of the refinery received four oil tankers today, in a precedent that is the first to load its exports, in addition to receiving the first tanker to load solid sulfur for global markets. To achieve a new national achievement for the Kuwaiti oil sector. Al-Ajmi added that this achievement came a few days after the operation of the second phase of the Al-Zour refinery, which doubled the volume of global oil exports and established its position as an influential source in the global energy market and a major provider of sustainable supplies of petroleum products with high environmental specifications that comply with international requirements. He explained that reaching the full stage of global export of all products is a historic event and a remarkable achievement not only in the history of the company but in the history of the Kuwaiti oil industry as a whole due to the large economic dimensions of the refinery. He referred to the role of Al-Zour Refinery in securing new economic outlets for the Kuwaiti oil industry in global markets by providing stable, stable and safe supplies of oil products with low sulfur content and achieving a strategic goal for the State of Kuwait to improve air quality. He stated that the external export operations of the Al-Zour refinery are carried out through the largest artificial island that was established in the middle of the sea, which is used to export liquid petroleum products through two loading platforms with four berths for the export of liquid products. The island is connected by four pipelines under the sea with Al-Zour refinery, as well as a special berth for exporting the solid sulfur product to all countries of the world.