Alternative diesel blend

As of the end of June 2024, Kuwait’s government neither promotes nor encourages the use of biodiesel or other alternative fuels.

However, the government sees the use of biofuel as one of the ways to meet the sustainable development goals.

Kuwait’s first biodiesel production facility, Imdad, has a production capacity of 240,000 liters/month or 2.9 million liters/year, and has operated since 2016-2017. It utilizes used cooking oil (UCO) as feedstock.

In November 2023, Kuwait’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry, jointly with the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs, published Ministerial Resolution No. (172) of 2023, introducing a one-year ban on the export of UCO and its related wastes. Under this resolution, UCO sale is restricted to licensed individuals or entities. Th