Kuwait has appointed new leaders for its state oil companies, state news agency KUNA reported yesterday.
Ahmed Jaber Al Aydan has been appointed as chief executive of Kuwait Oil Company, and Wadha Al Khateeb as CEO of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC).
New leaders were also chosen for Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) and other state companies in the sector.
KIPIC also said yesterday the first phase of Al Zour refinery has started commercial operations, KUNA reported.
The commercial launch comes after the project started last month to produce and sell primary quantities of fuel oil and supply it to local power stations.
Originally planned more than a decade ago but repeatedly delayed, Al Zour will be the largest integrated refinery and petrochemicals plant in Kuwait.
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