Kuwait’s vast hydrocarbon reserves make the State of Kuwait one of the long-term players in the oil industry. Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) was established by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) in 1983, to oversee downstream marketing and refining outside Kuwait.
KPI has a network of some 5,500 service stations in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and the United Kingdom. In 1986 KPI launched the distinctive Q8 brand name which, today, has earned a world wide recognition.
KPI’s core business activities are refining, research and
