Kuwait’s three oil refineries, with a total production capacity of 930,000 barrels per day, halted operations earlier this week following a power cut, a spokesman for the national refiner told AFP.
“The three refineries have stopped operations, with the exception of the gas plants, after a power cut,” Khaled al-Asousi, spokesman for the state-owned Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) which owns the three refineries, told AFP.
The refineries are located in the south near the oil city of Al-Ahmadi. Asousi said that both crude production and exports of crude oil and refined products in the OPEC member have not been affected by the incident.
Sousi said that resuming operations at the refineries may take up to two days.
“We have already started the damage assessment process and if everything is fine, production at the three refineries is expected to start after 24 hours, (but) could take 48 hours,” Sousi said.
Exports of oil products will not be affected because KNPC has reserves that are sufficient for a few days, he said.
