Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 51

19-December-2005

KUWAIT

Tender To Renovate Iraq-Kuwait Gas Pipeline Awaited

A tender for a contract to renovate the natural gas pipeline linking Iraq and Kuwait will soon be in the market, Kuwaits Energy Minister Shaikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah said during a press conference at the end of the OPEC meeting on 12 December. In 2004, the two sides agreed on the phased resumption of the sale of Iraqi natural gas to Kuwait (MEES, 10/27 December 2004). Gas...