# KIPIC awards Honeywell UOP reconfiguration contract for Al-Zour refinery

Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) has awarded Honeywell UOP a contract to reconfigure the refining and petrochemical sections of its Al-Zour refinery, increasing output capacity of fuels and petrochemicals.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-07-24
- Where: Al-Zour, Kuwait, Kuwait
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 98,000 barrels per day RFCC complex; 1.4 million metric tons per year of paraxylene
- Products: clean-burning fuels, paraxylene, propylene, petrochemicals
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Honeywell](https://endata.com/companies/621.md) (supplier)
- [Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company](https://endata.com/companies/2302.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [zawya.com](https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/kipic-to-expand-al-zour-refinery-with-honeywell-technology-c3q5e8g8), 2019-07-24: "Honeywell is committed to supporting Kuwait’s long-term growth and development in the energy sector, leveraging innovative technologies and advanced training programs to help achieve key objectives under New Kuwait Vision 2035 and KPC Vision 2040."

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