Oil Gas And Petrochemical

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation

Founded in 1980 as an umbrella organisation to manage the State of Kuwait's rapidly diversifying oil interests, KPC has in less than two decades established itself as a truly international entity, respected by governments and business institutions worldwide as the ambassador of Kuwait's business industry. Today the KPC Group encompasses the following companies:

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Manages the exploration and the production of oil and gas inside Kuwait.
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
Responsible for refining, liquified gas operations and the marketing of petroleum products within Kuwait.
Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC)
Responsible for producing and marketing fertilizers and petrochemicals.
Kuwait Oil Tankers Company (KOTC)
Manages the transport operations of crude oil, petroleum products and liquified gases.
The Kuwait Aviation Fuelling Company (KAFCO)
Responsible for supplying aeroplanes with fuel at Kuwait International Airport.
The International Marketing Department of KPC
Controls the marketing and sales of crude oil petroleum products and liquified petroleum gases (KPG) outside Kuwait.
In pursuit of its objectives of diversification and flexibility, KPC expanded its foreign operations to include:

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC)
Responsible for overseas oil and gas exploration and exploitation.
Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI)
Runs the downstream acquisitions in Europe that have effectively made KPC a fully integrated operation from well-head to petrol pump.

Kuwait Oxygen & Acetylene Company (KOAC) was founded in 1953 by the late Salim Al-Huneidi to manufacture oxygen and acetylene. It was the first industrial gas manufacturing plant in the Arabian Gulf A

KOTC was founded in April 1957 by a group of Kuwaiti pioneer investors who had a vision of how important sea borne transportation would be for the development of oil industry and how essential it becomes to exploit and discover oil in Kuwait.

The mission of KOC is to explore, develop and produce to good marketable quantity the hydrocarbon resources in the state of Kuwait, in accordance with government policy, good reservoir management practice.

A key feature of Kuwait Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition is the focus that it provides for the exchange of knowledge and expertise. This unique 3-day event will bring together practitioners, scientists and vendors to discuss the current uses and future aspirations of the oil industry, environment and related activities community in the Region.

One of the largest oil complexes in the world. It houses three major oil refineries.

Kuwait National Oilfields Services & Equipment, KNOSE

It is entirely owned and managed by Kuwaitis who have experience and expertise in oil exploration and production industries.

Kuwait Industrial Gases Company began production in 1971. Over the years, as the needs of the region developed, KIGC established a strong position in the areas of industrial, medical and specialty gases.