Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) -- A fire at Kuwait Petroleum Corp's Shuaiba refinery was extinguished today without any casualties or disruption to output, according to KUNA, the state-run news agency.

The fire broke out at 12:21 a.m. local time in a distillation tower in one of the heavy oil refining units as it was being idled for maintenance, KUNA said, citing Mohammad Al- Mutairi, the refinery's acting managing director.

The fire was extinguished at 3:30 a.m. and damage to the tower was being assessed, Al-Mutairi said in the article.

The refinery has the capacity to process 200,000 barrels of oil a day.

To contact the reporter on this story: Nidaa Bakhsh in London at nbakhsh@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: February 29, 2008 05:28 EST