Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
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Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Arabic: مؤسسة البترول الكويتية) is Kuwait's national oil company, headquartered in Kuwait City. It was founded on January 27th, 1980 as an umbrella company, integrating KOC, KNPC, KOTC and PIC and effectively placing them under government control.
The company's products have been sold in some countries under a subsidiary's name Q8. In Sweden, a subsidiary of KPC, KPI-Q8's gas stations are known as OKQ8 - a result of a merger between Q8 and Swedish "OK".
In the United Kingdom, it is the most expensive petrol provider in the country.
- Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
- Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
- Petrochemicals Industries Company (PIC)
- Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC)
- Kuwait Aviation Fueling Company (KAFCO)
- Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC)
- Kuwait Petroleum International Limited (KPI - Q8)
- Santa Fe International Corporation (SFIC)
- Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC)
- Oil Sector Services Company
- http://www.kpc.com.kw Official Webpage
- http://www.q8.com/ Official Website
- http://www.okq8.se/ Swedish Website
- http://www.zawya.com/cm/profile.cfm?companyid=159264 Company information with links to subsidiaries