Kuwait commissions 264,000-bpd crude distillation unit KUWAIT, December 9, 2020 Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has commissioned the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 111 at Mina Abdullah Refinery, which, with a refining capacity of 264,000 barrels per day, is the largest CDU in Kuwait. The clean fuels project for Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has reached a major milestone with the safe and successful start-up of the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 111 at Mina Abdullah Refinery. With a refining capacity of 264,000 barrels per day, it is the largest CDU in Kuwait. The crude column is the largest single equipment transported and erected, being approximately 75 m long by 13 m wide/high and weighing 900 metric tons.