KNPC Shuaiba Refinery — Kuwait
Refinery in Kuwait. Approximate location 29.03461, 48.14025.
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KNPC Shuaiba Refinery is a refinery in Kuwait. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery. It is operated by Kuwait National Petroleum Co.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144008.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Shuiba North · Gas · 875 MW · 1 km
- Shuiba SPSS · Gas · 720 MW · 1 km
- Shuwaikh · Gas · 252 MW · 7 km
- Az Zour North · Gas · 1,100 MW · 43 km
- Az Zour South CCGT · Gas · 5,945 MW · 43 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: oil-and-gas-refining. As refinery, it requires high process heat (typically 200–600°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
Operator
Operated by Kuwait National Petroleum Co. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
KNPC Shuaiba Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 29.0°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1240 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby sites
Nearby industrial sites
- Equate Petrochemical Co. , Al-Shuaiba, · Petrochemical · 2,215,924 t CO₂
- Kuwait Cement Shuaiba Plant · Cement Plant · 979,660 t CO₂
- KNPC Mina Abdullah Refinery · Refinery · 4,733,535 t CO₂
- KNPC Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery · Refinery · 3,607,496 t CO₂
- United Steel Industrial Kuwait Steel Sharq plant · Steel Plant · 267,696 t CO₂
- KIPIC Al-Zour Refinery · Refinery · 8,272,164 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 29.03461, 48.14025. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is KNPC Shuaiba Refinery?
KNPC Shuaiba Refinery is a refinery in Kuwait. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
Where is KNPC Shuaiba Refinery located?
KNPC Shuaiba Refinery is in Kuwait at approximately 29.03461, 48.14025.
Who operates KNPC Shuaiba Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Kuwait National Petroleum Co.