Equate Petrochemical Company, Kuwait’s first international joint venture, hosted a number of leaders from Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and subsidiaries during the company’s world record breaking turnaround (TA) that has set a new global benchmark for petrochemical plants.

Through the efforts of the company’s human resources, especially nationals, the turnaround operations were executed with the participation of over 10,000 individuals representing Equate’s employees and contractors within a world record breaking timeframe of 30 days.

The units included ethylene, polyethylene, ethylene glycol and utilities.

The visits included KPC deputy board chairman and chief executive officer Nizar Al-Adsani, the board chairman of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) CEO Asaad Al-Saad, Equate board chairman Abdulrasool Jafar, Equate president and CEO Mohammad Husain, Equate’s senior management, as well as several leaders and employees.

The visits involved a plant tour, presentations about Equate’s history, achievements, in addition to the details of the TA and the first phase of the debottlenecking of the polyethylene plant.

The visit also touched upon the projects and initiatives of KPC and subsidiaries, as well as integration between petroleum, gas and petrochemical sectors to serve Kuwait’s interests to embody Equate’s tagline of ‘Partners in Success’ locally and globally.  - TradeArabia News Service