Mina Al Ahmadi is a medium sized, very complex refinery located in Kuwait.
The refinery is owned and operated by KPC.
Complexity: 14.6
Atmospheric distillation - 460 kbpd - 3 units
Vacuum distillation - 85 kbpd
Hydrocracker - 40 kbpd
FCC - 40 kbpd
Reformer - 35 kbpd - Continuous (CCR) unit - 2 units
Kerosene hydrotreater - 20 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 63 kbpd
Resid hydrotreater - 132 kbpd - 4 units
Merox - 20 kbpd
Asphalt plant - 11 kbpd
Hydrogen recovery - 56 MMscfd
Hydrogen production - 198 MMscfd
Sulfur recovery - 1,334 MTD
1949 - Refinery commissioned with 25 kbpd capacity
1958/63 - Refinery expansion to 190,000 PBD & 250,000 BPD respectively.
1978 - Gas liquefaction plant was commissioned.
1981 - Rhenformer Units commissioned.
1984 - Transfer of MAA Refinery to KNPC.
1984 - Refinery modernization project (RMP) untis commissioned progressively.
1985 - Further upgrading project (FUP) units commissioning started.
1987 - FCC was commissioned
1997 - FCC unit capacity increased to 40,000 BPD (revamp), as part of MAFR. - PRU, MTBE, ALKAYLATION, and SAR units commissioning started.
2000 - New ATK MEROX unit was commissioned.