Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), operates the Al Zour refinery—the world’s largest grassroots facility with a processing capacity of 615,000 barrels per day.

Recently, the site expanded with the addition of a mini refinery designed to process a diverse range of crude oils. To drive operational efficiency, the Al Zour team developed a comprehensive, refinery-wide simulation model using Aspen HYSYS, enabling them to accurately predict and improve overall refinery performance.

Read this case study to learn how this refinery-wide simulation model enabled users to:

• Develop and streamline the refinery start-up plan
• Enhance operational agility by forecasting performance across diverse crude blends, optimizing sulfur recovery, and increasing aviation turbine kerosene yields—resulting in $950K in cost savings
• Support real-time decision-making through what-if analysis, enabling engineers to evaluate the impact of various scenarios on overall refinery performance and efficiency

Discover how a refinery-wide simulation model can help you improve operations and decision-making while supporting compliance with environmental regulations.