KUWAIT
 
Kuwait’s New Oil Minister To Push Through ‘Mega’ Projects
 
Kuwait’s new Oil Minister Mustafa al-Shimali, appointed earlier this week after last month’s parliamentary elections, faces hard parliamentary obstacles to driving through a backlog of upstream and refinery mega-projects. But he has confronted parliament before – as finance minister – and is a tenacious veteran. Mr Shimali, crucially, enjoys the support of the...