Kuwait Petroleum International

Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd
Q8
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPetroleum
Founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
FounderKuwait Petroleum Corporation
Headquarters,
Kuwait
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsFilling stations
OwnerKuwait Petroleum Corporation (100%)
ParentKuwait Petroleum Corporation
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.q8.com

Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI), commonly known as Q8 (pronounced Cue-Eight, or Kuwait), is the international subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.[1][2] It refines and markets fuel, lubricants and other petroleum products in Europe.

Established in 1983, it supplies 4,000 retail filling stations, as well as direct sales operations delivering fuel and heating oil to domestic and industrial users. Q8 also operates an International Diesel Service - a secure fuel card service supported by automated technology for international road transportation companies - in more than 700 located sites throughout Europe. Q8 also has a significant aviation business marketing jet fuel at more than 40 airports worldwide and a lubricants business with five lubricants blending plants, direct sales and marketing activities across Europe and export sales to over 75 countries worldwide.

  1. ^ "Q8". Q8. Archived from the original on 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  2. ^ "Kuwait Japan joint oil refinery project in Vietnam". SteelGuru. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 2008-11-15.