Greencarbon is a corporate entity with its Head office strategically located in Kuwait and production facilities in the Shuaiba Industrial Area to process carbon dioxide which is emitted from the refineries & petrochemical plants.
The configuration will include a “Booster Station” within the refineries /petrochemical complex and a “Liquefaction Plant” at the Greencarbon’s production facility in the Shuaiba Industrial Area.

There will be a truck terminal to load the product for transport & delivery.

The facility will have a capacity to process approximately 2600 TPD (tons per day) of liquid carbon dioxide When completed this CO2 Plant in Kuwait will be the biggest in the world from a single location|
For more detailed information on the project see Project details. See info MSD sheet on Carbon dioxide

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profile of Key Members


Nafisi Alnafisi, Vice Chairman & Managing Director
Nafisi Alnafisi had been an entrepreneur who made achievements in his business career. Graduated in Business administration from the University of South Florida, USA in 1996, he gained valuable experience while assisting his father with their family businesses. He was responsible to bring in new visions to the running business. What started as learning in dry ice cleaning process has developed into a mega project to recover carbon dioxide going to the atmosphere in the refineries and to produce liquid carbon dioxide for consumption in merchant markets. With a “passion for environment” Nafisi is in the process extending such business opportunities into the GCC area now.


Abdulrahman Alawwad, General Manager
Abdulrahman Alawwad is a consultant professional, formerly a General Manager of Ahlia Chemicals Construction & Industries Company & Arab building Industrial Resources Company. He has been associated with Kuwait Oil Company in various capacities from 1978 till 2000, a total 22 years and has been involved in Quality control, Marine & export operation, Field Production Operation Engineering, Loss Prevention, KOC standard publications, Engineering & Project management activities. With his associations he brings with him the synergy to initiate & develop CO2 applications for EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) processes. Alawwad is a mechanical engineering graduate (1977) from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA

SN Narayanan, Senior Adviser
SN Narayanan is a management professional, formerly a General Manager of a top ten Kuwaiti Company. He has worked solely in the Gulf sector since 1993. Basically a graduate in engineering (1968) with more than 40 years industry experience in oil & gas, petrochemical, fertilizer and power sector followed by hands on skills on management & supervisory training. His strong acumen in management accounting coupled with his experience in financial restructuring and rehabilitation of many industries places him as capable to upgrade or promote a variety of industries in the oil sector. He had the privilege of being associated with multinational, indigenous as well as family owned businesses in Kuwait. Mr Narayanan has been associated with the conduct of market survey and study of CO2 applications as well as development of business plan cum configuration and implementation for the proposed project.


Sam Rushing, Consultant
Sam Rushing is a chemist, and President of Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd, Florida, USA, our senior consultant has more than 50 years of experience associated with CO2 business covering plant production facilities, development of CO2 applications, training as well as developing virgin markets. Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. is primarily a carbon dioxide consulting firm, which serves all sources – types of raw and refined CO2. The company is supported by decades of carbon dioxide industry expertise.


Bob Luhrs, Vice President, Salof
Bob Luhrs, Vice President of Salof Refrigeration Company, with their headquarters at New Braunfels, Texas, USA, has been associated with the project in the plant & process design, engineering and supply of plant & machinery. Salof Refrigeration with their associated companies is specialized in CO2 liquefaction & industrial refrigeration systems, LNG & LPG processing, Acid recovery systems & Plant operations management systems. The company carries more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing & supplying plant and machineries and boasts of having successfully supplied more than 85 CO2 liquefaction plants of module sizing from 120 TPD to 800 TPD.