Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director at Kuwait Petroleum International (Q8) Esam Al-Marzouq revealed here Tuesday that Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Italy is embarking on a project to establish 110 industrial sites that would be eco-friendly and free of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Speaking to the Q8 Published Alam Al-Muasasa (Corporation World) magazine, Al-Marzouq the company was very eager to develop such projects to achieve environmental sustainability, adding that the to-be-established sites would be working on solar energy to decrease dependency on fuel.

He indicated that using solar energy would also lessen consumption of electricity at the sites by 13 percent, adding that this complies with the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Al-Marzouq revealed that CO2 emissions would be decreased by 7,600 tons on annual basis.

Kuwait Petroleum International, often referred to by its trademark Q8, refines and markets fuel, lubricants, and other petroleum derivatives in Europe. It is the international subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). It supplies 4,000 retail service stations, as well as direct sales operations delivering fuel and heating oil to domestic and industrial users.

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.