Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 31

1-August-2005

KUWAIT

Kuwait-Iran Gas Import Deal Set For End-2005/Early-2006 Completion

Kuwaiti and Iranian negotiators are talking in terms of completing an agreement for Kuwait to import natural gas from Iran by end-2005 or early-2006, according to senior Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) officials quoted by al-Rai al-Am on 25 July. The sources said that 60% of the accord with sections covering commercial, financial, legal and economic issues had...