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| | Kuwait Country Analysis Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Kuwait also is considering construction of a new refinery at Azour, with possible capacity of 450,000-600,000 bbl/d (and at a cost of $2.5 billion), which would begin operation around 2010, replacing the Shuaiba refinery, which is the country's oldest and least technologically advanced. |
 | | Equate II is to have ethylene capacity of 850,000 t/y, ethylene glycol/ethyleneoxide capacity of 600,000 t/y, and polyethylene capacity of 450,000 t/y. |
 | | Kuwait produces a relatively modest volume of natural gas (around 293 billion cubic feet -- Bcf -- in 2002), the vast majority of which is "associated gas" (i.e., found and produced in conjunction with oil). |
| www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/kuwait.html (4742 words) |
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