Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 36

7-Sep-2009

KUWAIT

Kuwait Receives First Commercial LNG Shipment At Mina Al-Ahmadi

Kuwait began receiving its first commercial shipment of LNG at its floating regasification terminal at Mina al-Ahmadi on 31 August. The LNG was delivered by Shell aboard the 147,000 cu ms capacity Grand Aniva tanker, loaded at Russias Sakhalin II LNG facility. Last June, Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) signed a sale and purchase agreement with Shell International Trading...