KPC CEO: Focus on Shipping Refined Products Out of Gulf to Ease Refinery Bottlenecks

This signals a shift in how Gulf refiners think about the constraint that actually binds: not crude supply, but the logistics of getting products to market. Cross-border pipeline talks with Saudi Arabia and the UAE point to infrastructure coordination that has historically been rare, and the reference to overseas refineries suggests KPC is weighing where processing happens, not just where barrels move. Whether those pipeline discussions translate into commitments, and how domestic storage expansion fits alongside them, is the open question.