Kuwait

What we do

bp is proud to be supporting Kuwait within the Enhanced Technical Services Agreement (ETSA) with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) signed in 2016. The ten-year ETSA with KOC enables bp to bring its expertise in enhanced oil recovery to the Burgan oilfield in South and East Kuwait through 50 secondment opportunities of bp’s technical experts.

Our historical journey

• bp was one of the founders of the original Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), which first discovered oil at Burgan in 1938.
• Exportation of KOC began in 1946, in which the first export of Kuwait crude was loaded on to the bp vessel ‘Fusilier.
• bp was the first oil company to be invited by the Kuwaiti Government to assist in the redevelopment of Kuwait's oil industry in 1992. The TSA was the first and largest agreement with IOC’s and KOC at the time.
• In the mid 2000’s, bp had over 40 technical specialists working in Kuwait, and helped KOC manage the North and west Kuwait fields. Commissioned the start-up waterflood in Greater Burgan and assisted in enhancing production efficiency, reserves growth, and enhanced growth recovery in South East Kuwait.
• Between 2014-2016, a TSA was signed with KOC bringing bp’s expertise in enhanced oil recovery to the giant Burgan oilfield, and bp technical specialists also assisted KOC in the Wara Waterflood project.
• In 2018, bp signed a five-year agreement with KIPIC to provide advice and technical expertise to help enhance operational excellence, reliability management, commissioning and start-up readiness at Al-Zour refinery.

Our people and partners

bp in Kuwait is committed to developing local capabilities and Kuwaiti talent by improving their technical and management skills. Examples include sponsorship of training programmes, courses in country, coaching programmes and visits offered to our partners’ employees to bp facilities worldwide. bp has a representative office in Kuwait and is actively engaged with the government.

Social investment

bp Kuwait’s social investment programme works towards ‎serving and empowering youth and local capabilities in driving Kuwait towards a self-sufficient and ‎progressive future.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, bp Kuwait supported a local NGO partner to deliver necessary food parcels to impacted families who have either had salary cuts or have not been paid by employers. Food parcels were enough to sustain each family for a period of two to three months.

Between 2024-2025

• The ‘Dayyem Interactive Renewable Energy Training Programme’ enhanced university students' overall knowledge of renewable energy through case studies, lectures and key site visits and aims to prepare them for future opportunities in the job market.
• The ‘Reimagining Tomorrow: Kuwait’s Youth in STEM’ programme, empowered high school students to develop solutions for local environmental challenges through the UNSDGs framework, equipping them with required skills for the labour market.

Lubricants and marketing

bp lubricants – represented through the bp and Castrol and brands – are long-established in Kuwait.

bp lubricants are distributed by Al Ghanim (YAAS), Castrol by Al Fatooh. bp and Castrol lubricants have market leadership position in Kuwait.

Trading and shipping

bp has a longstanding relationship with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation including trade in oil and petroleum products and LNG.

Please use the contact details below to call or write to us at bp in Kuwait. We aim to deal with your enquiries as quickly as possible.

bp Kuwait

13th floor, Sahab Tower

Salhiya, Kuwait City

Phone: +965 2240 3316

Fax: +965 2240 3317