Kuwait’s Fuel Oil Exports Surge After Al-Zour Refinery Restart

Kuwait exported record volumes of very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) in January after a key refinery restarted full operations following a fire-induced partial outage at the end of last year. One of the Gulf’s top crude oil exporters, which also vies to be a major fuel oil exporter, was able to significantly increase fuel oil exports after the commissioning of the Al-Zour refinery at the end of 2022. Al-Zour Refinery, one of the largest crude processing facilities in the Middle East, is operated by Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company…