Q8 Press Releases

Kuwait Petroleum International (Q8) refinery in Vietnam achieves another successful milestone

q8petroleum — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:27:58 PDT

On the 1st September, the International Finance Corporation, the largest global development institution and part of the World Bank, got their full board approval to start the development of the project finance activities for constructing a refinery and petrochemical complex in North Vietnam.

KPI and KPC recognised in DuPont Safety Awards 2011

q8petroleum — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:21:12 PDT

Kuwait Petroleum International, together with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, have been recognised for their exemplary performance and dedication to safety, by being named as finalists in the prestigious DuPont Safety Awards. This is the first time that two companies within the same organisation have both been finalists in these prestigious awards and for two separate projects.

Q8 refinery’s high environmental performance

q8petroleum — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:46:00 PDT

Research has confirmed that Q8’s operations at the Milazzo refinery have minimal environmental impact on its surroundings in the Gulf of Milazzo, which is one of Italy’s most beautiful coastal regions.

Q8 Italy Honoured with SAP award

q8petroleum — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:17:00 PDT

Q8 Italy has been awarded a prestigious SAP Technology Award 2011 for its Asset Document Management project.

Q8 Meeting with Chinese delegation to progress joint venture project

q8petroleum — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:12:00 PDT

On 14th June 2011, a high level Chinese delegation met with Mr Farouq Hussein Zanki, Chairman of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and the President of Kuwait Petroleum International Mr Hussein E. Esmaiel, to discuss the latest developments in the joint venture between KPC and Sinopec, one of the world’s largest refiners, to build a refinery and petrochemical complex in Southern China.

Q8’s world premiere for green fuel

q8petroleum — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:13:00 PDT

Q8’s International Diesel Service (IDS) has opened, in Stockholm, Sweden, the world’s first public ED95 service station for heavy duty vehicles. ED95, a mix of 95% ethanol and 5% ignition improver, is one of the few green fuels available for heavy vehicles and reduces carbon emissions by up to 90%.

Q8 signs Chinese joint venture

q8petroleum — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:36:00 PDT

The Chinese government has given final approval for a joint venture between Q8 and China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of the world’s largest refiners, to build a world-class refinery and petrochemical complex in south China.

Q8 Europoort invests 100 million US Dollars in environmental protection

q8petroleum — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:55:00 PST

On 20th January 2011, three major new projects were commissioned at Q8’s Europoort refinery in the Netherlands. The US$100 million investment is aimed at achieving a significant reduction in emissions from the refinery and is in line with Q8 Europoort’s continuous focus on environmental protection.

Vietnam Refinery Progress Update

q8petroleum — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:56:00 PST

An exciting multi-billion dollar joint venture project between Kuwait, Japan and Vietnam to build Vietnam’s largest refinery is gathering pace.

Investment stepped up at Antwerp Blending Plant

q8petroleum — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:32:00 PST

A ceremony has been held to inaugurate 24 new oil storage tanks at Q8Oils’ lubricant blending plant in Antwerp.