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Oil and Gasal Aḩmadī, Kuwait5001-10000 Employees
KNPC is a government-owned oil and gas company based in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait. Founded in 1960, it became fully state-owned in 1975 and has operated under the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation since 1980. The company is responsible for distributing petroleum products within Kuwait and owns the Mina Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries, with a history of exporting from the Shuaiba Refinery starting in 1968. In 2026 KNPC absorbed the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company, consolidating its operations. The Mina Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries were integrated as part of refinery consolidation, and the company announced plans to expand its downstream footprint with new fuel stations in Al Jahra and to upgrade refinery infrastructure, including a tank gauging system at Mina Al-Ahmadi.