VOL. XLVII

No 19

10-May-2004

KUWAIT/IRAQ

Iraq And Kuwait Agree On 1st Phase Of Gas Supply Agreement

Following several months of negotiations, Iraq has agreed to supply Kuwait with 35mn cu ft/day of natural gas starting in October 2005, according to Isa al-Aun, the Kuwaiti Energy Undersecretary, in a press conference held in Kuwait on 4 May. The signing of a gas supply purchase agreement is due next August. The associated gas will be transported through an unused pipeline built in the mid-eighties...