Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 42

17-Oct-2011

KUWAIT

KPIs Vietnam Refinery Construction To Start In 4Q11

Construction of the $7.5bn joint venture Nghi Son oil refinery Vietnams second is set to begin in the last quarter of this year, following delays of up to six months, state owned Petrovietnam said on 11 October. Construction work for the 200,800 b/d refinery, owned by Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI), Petrovietnam and Japans Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui Chemicals, had been...