Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), in coordination with Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), intends to build 181 gas stations by 2040. This move is aimed at providing retail fuel stations to meet local needs, such that a total of 181 fuel-filling stations will be built by 2040 divided into nine groups. The plan is to construct 100 stations by 2028 divided into five groups.
The new fuel filling stations will utilize advanced technology to produce electrical energy through alternative and renewable energy sources. 18 retail/fuel filling stations were operated within the first group, so the number of filling stations has so far reached 66 stations — 61 are permanent and five are mobile. According to data obtained by the daily, the number of gas stations currently stands at 66, which will reach 148 by 2028 and 229 by 2040.
Al-Soor Fuel Company currently owns 42 stations in the private sector, while Al-Oula Local Fuel Marketing Company owns 43 stations. Regarding the quantities of products sold in the local market, data revealed that local market sales for fiscal year 2022/2023 increased to 4.89 billion litres of gasoline compared to 4.46 billion litres in fiscal 2021/2022.
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