VOL. XLVII

No 16

19-April-2004

KUWAIT

Kuwait Mulls Oil And Gas Options

After some 12 years of oscillation, there are signs that Kuwaits government may decide to move ahead with Project Kuwait to raise the capacity of the northern oilfields from the current 600,000 b/d to 900,000 b/d, with the assistance of international oil companies. What may encourage the government to proceed with the project now is the failure last month of the parliamentary no-confidence motion against the Finance Minister,...