據天然氣加工網站7月28日消息 科威特國家通訊社報道稱，科威特綜合石油工業公司（KIPIC）已開始運營這條天然氣管道，該天然氣管道將為其拖延已久的祖爾（Al-Zour）煉油廠供氣。

祖爾原計劃于十多年前建成，但一再推遲，它將成為科威特最大的綜合煉油廠和石油化工廠。

祖爾的生產能力估計為61.5萬桶/天，使科威特的整體煉油能力提高到150萬桶/天以上。

科威特石油子公司KIPIC去年委托美國跨國霍尼韋爾國際公司的一家子公司為祖爾提供技術和生產系統。

KIPIC成立的目的是管理科威特城南部祖爾綜合體的煉油廠、石化產品和液化天然氣進口業務。

吳恒磊 編譯自 天然氣加工

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Kuwait's KIPIC starts operation of gas line feeding Al-Zour

Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Co (KIPIC) has begun operating the gas line that will feed its long-delayed Al-Zour refinery, state news agency KUNA said.

Originally planned more than a decade ago but repeatedly delayed, Al-Zour will be the largest integrated refinery and petrochemicals plant in Kuwait.

Al-Zour’s production capacity is estimated at 615,000 barrels per day, increasing Kuwait’s overall refining capacity to over 1.5 million barrels a day.

KIPIC, a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, appointed a unit of U.S. multinational Honeywell International last year to provide technology and production systems for Al-Zour.

KIPIC was set up to manage refinery, petrochemicals and LNG import operations at the Al-Zour complex south of Kuwait City.