Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 32

10-Aug-2009

KUWAIT

Oil Minister Criticized For Contract Awards

Kuwaiti Minister of Oil Shaikh Ahmad 'Abd Allah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has been criticized by members of the Kuwaiti parliament for his handling of the award of six oil contracts worth a total of more than $3bn. Opposition MPs have through the local media called on Shaikh Ahmad to explain how the contracts were awarded by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) without having first been cleared by the...