VOL. XXXIV

NO. 32

13-MAY-1991

Kuwait

Kuwait Aims to Restart Production for Local Consumption next Month;Neutral Zone Offshore Output Will also Resume

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) is planning to resume crude oilproduction for local consumption purposes at a rate of 50,000 b/d in June risingto 120,000 b/d in July, MEES understands. Part of this will be refined at theMina al-Ahmadi (the least damaged of Kuwait's three refineries) and part will gofor direct burning as fuel in the country's...