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Kuwait Oil Company Ltd

Extracting, refining, or transporting oil, gas, and coal. KuwaitOfficial site ↗
19.2 million
cars driven for a year
88.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
falling -4%/yr

Kuwait Oil Company Ltd ranks #10 because it extracts and refines large quantities of oil, gas or coal.

How much of this entity's emissions could be tied to a named owner.How sure the numbers are, based on data coverage, recency and source agreement.Number of power plants or sites attributed to this entity in the Climate TRACE dataset.
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Kuwait Oil Company Ltd, based in Saudi Arabia, extracts, refines or transports oil, gas and coal. Climate TRACE attributes 4 high-emitting assets to it. Its largest tracked activities are oil & gas extraction and oil & gas transport.

Produces fossil fuelsOil, gas and coal are extracted, processed and moved at scale.
Methane can leakProduction and transport can release methane, a very potent short-term greenhouse gas.
Burned downstreamWhen the fuels are used elsewhere, they release large amounts of CO₂.
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Power plants & sites behind it4 attributed assets · ownership split equally across listed owners

AssetSectorOwnershipAttributedConf.
Saudi Arabia_Widyan - North Arabian Gulf_Conventional onshoreFossil Fuels50%54.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Kuwait_Widyan - North Arabian Gulf_Conventional onshoreFossil Fuels33%16.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Saudi Arabia_Widyan - North Arabian Gulf_Conventional onshoreFossil Fuels50%14.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Kuwait_Widyan - North Arabian Gulf_Conventional onshoreFossil Fuels33%2.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · asset-level emissions & ownership · CC BY 4.0
Fossil Fuels · reference year 2024
Who profits

Hand-curated shareholder, revenue and investor context from primary public sources. This data is shown alongside the Climate Damage Score, but it is not used to compute it.

About this data. Institutional investors like BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street typically hold shares on behalf of clients; appearing in shareholder records does not mean they control or direct the company. State entities and individuals with majority stakes are different and labelled accordingly.

HQ vs assets. Climate TRACE attributes emissions to assets by physical location, not corporate HQ. Kuwait Oil Company Ltd is registered in Kuwait but its major emitting assets are in Saudi Arabia.

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state ownedParent: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Govern…HQ Kuwait

Revenue

n/a

Not publicly available in open sources yet.

Wholly owned by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, itself owned by the state. Separate revenue figures are not publicly disclosed in open sources.

Emissions intensity

n/a

Cannot be computed without revenue. Not publicly available in open sources yet.

Top shareholders & investors

  • Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (state holding company)100%state

Source: primary public filings via Wikipedia. Stakes can change; see filings for the latest.

Wholly owned by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, itself owned by the state. Separate revenue figures are not publicly disclosed in open sources.

How it's allowed

Signals below are derived from emissions data and ownership coverage only, not from any legal or regulatory finding.

Permitted Emissions
These emissions appear to occur under existing permits and regulations. Operating legally is not the same as operating cleanly.
Ownership Data Gaps
Only 45% of this entity's attributed emissions trace to a clearly identified owner. Incomplete ownership data limits accountability.
Methane Exposure
Oil and gas operations can release methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than CO₂ over the short term. Leakage is often under-measured.
Improving Trajectory
Attributed emissions are falling (~4%/yr): an improving trajectory, though absolute output remains large.
Low Measurement Confidence
Measurement confidence for this entity is low; figures are best-available estimates.
No Verified Enforcement or Lobbying Record
This dataset contains no verified enforcement actions, lobbying records, subsidies, or litigation for this entity. Absence of evidence here is not evidence of compliance or of any violation.

Climate Villains makes no claim that any entity has broken any law. These are data-derived signals, not allegations.

Trend
Improving▼ −3.9% falling
87 Mt95.1 Mt103 Mt20222024

Attributed emissions are falling by about +3.9% per year. Attributed emissions, 2022–2024.

It ranks #10 mainly because its attributed assets emitted about 88.1 Mt CO₂e in 2024 (≈ 19.2M cars/yr).

The Climate Damage Score is driven by that absolute size on a log scale, with a -0.4-point improving adjustment.

Score breakdown

Absolute emissions
93 pts
Trend modifier
▼ −3.9% falling-0.4 pts
Data confidence
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just flags fuzzier data.

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What's known · what isn't

What’s known

  • Attributed emissions: 88.1 Mt CO₂e in 2024 (≈ 19.2M cars/yr).
  • Primary sector: Fossil Fuels; primary country: Saudi Arabia.
  • Evidence: 4 assets; ~45% ownership-attribution coverage.
  • Source: Climate TRACE (CC BY 4.0).

What isn’t

  • Exact ownership percentages: Climate TRACE lists owners but not stakes, so shared assets are split equally.
  • Indirect (supply-chain / financed / product-use) emissions are not included.
  • Some of this sector's emissions could not be attributed to any named owner.
  • No PR claims, lobbying records, litigation history or policy-compliance data are included.
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just flags fuzzier data.How much of this entity's emissions could be tied to a named owner. Higher means a more complete picture.