Fire at Kuwait's Mina Al Ahmadi refinery put out, production, exports unaffected - GulfToday

Fire at Kuwait's Mina Al Ahmadi refinery put out, production, exports unaffected

  • 23 Sep 2023
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Kuwait's oil refinery. Picture used for illustrative purposes only.

Firefighters managed to put out a fire at Kuwait's Mina Al Ahmadi oil refinery with no injures, state news agency (KUNA) said late on Friday, adding that production and exports were unaffected.

Earlier on Friday, the Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) said in a post on messaging platform X that a fire broke out in the sixth district, unit No. 35 of the refinery.

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