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KNPC to build kick off

fuel station expansion

MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTREAM-FOCUSED Kuwait National petroleum products following the completion
Petroleum Co. (KNPC) is set to build 15 new fuel of the Clean Fuels Project (CFP), a $15.6bn pro-
stations under the second phase of a wider plan gramme to raise combined throughput capacity
to add a total of 100 as it seeks to match the coun- at the Mina Abdullah and Mina Al-Ahmadi
try’s urban expansion. refineries to 800,000 barrels per day (bpd).
Industry sources were quoted in the local The company launched full operations on the
Arabic-language Al-Anba daily as saying that CFP in September following a lengthy develop-
the company has now completed all preparation ment process.
work including engineering designs as well as Elsewhere in the country, fellow KPC affili-
obtaining approval from government agencies. ate Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Co.
Even then, the 15 new stations are not antici- (KIPIC) is nearing completion on the project it
pated to become operational until Q4 2025. was set up to manage, the new Al-Zour refinery
The progress follows the completion and that is expected to come on stream in February.
opening in December of 18 new fuel stations Adding a further 615,000 bpd to Kuwait’s
under the project’s first phase. refining capacity, the project is estimated to cost
A further 25 stations are covered by phase around $16.1bn, including the cost of associated
three, with 16 in phase 4 and the final phase cov- petrochemical and LNG facilities.
ering 26 new stations. The wider expansion pro- Once complete, Al-Zour will take Kuwait’s
gramme is seen reaching completion in Q4 2027. throughput capacity to 1.415mn bpd, while the
It comes as KNPC is set to benefit from country has previously spoken of plans to reach
increased availability for locally processed 2mn bpd.™

Nigeria seeks to expand

use of CNG as vehicle fuel

AFRICA STATE-OWNED Ghana National Gas Co. of gas could be put to use to help drive Ghana’s
(GNGC) has reportedly seen the volume of nat- industrialisation agenda,” he was quoted as say-
ural gas flowing through its transportation and ing by GhanaWeb.
distribution pipelines climb more than three- Domestically produced gas could be used to
fold over the last five years. fire thermal power plants (TPPs) or as a power
According to data referenced in a report from source for mineral processing, he said. Addi-
the Daily Graphic, GNGC’s midstream and tionally, it could also serve as a feedstock for the
downstream networks handled around 300mn production of fertiliser and CNG, which can be
cubic metres per day of gas in 2021. This repre- used as automobile fuel, he said.
sents a rise of 233.33% on the 2016 average of 90 GNGC was established by the Ghanaian
mcm per day. government in a bid to reduce the country’s
The company anticipates that throughput dependence on imported LPG and has been in
will continue rising in the coming years, largely operation since July 2011.
as a result of increased gas production at the off- The company launched the Atuabo gas-pro-
shore Jubilee field, GNGC’s CEO Dr Ben Asante cessing plant, which now turns out around
told reporters on January 25. This will allow for 50% of the LPG consumed in Ghana, in 2014,
expansion of domestic gasification programmes and Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prem-
in Ghana, he said. peh recently urged it to build a second facility
“We expect that the gas volumes will increase with similar capabilities to accommodate rising
[at] the Jubilee field from the current maximum demand.
of 300 mcm [per day] to 450 mcm, and we have Ghana’s other main source of gas is Nigeria,
identified areas where the expected volumes which delivers the fuel via pipeline.™

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