The Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) announced that the Al-Zour Refinery was subjected to a sudden interruption of fuel gas supplies due to a defect in one of the main valves of the Kuwait Oil Company, which led to an almost complete cessation of production operations at the Al-Zour Refinery.

The company reported that the technical teams have begun work to gradually restart the refinery’s production units, and it is expected that the restart operations will take approximately ten days to return to the previous production capacity.

The refinery is taking all precautionary measures to prevent the supply of low-sulfur fuel to electricity and water generation plants from being affected, as well as ensuring that the export operations of the refinery’s products are not affected.