VOL. XLVII

No 20

17-May-2004

KUWAIT

Kuwait/Qatar Discuss Options For Gas Supply

The energy ministers of Kuwait and Qatar, Shaikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah and Abd Allah al-Attiyah, on 10 May in Kuwait discussed ways of transporting Qatari natural gas to the northern emirate. An agreement to supply 1bn cfd of dry gas from Qatar are in place. The two countries signed an MOU in 2000 under which the gas would be sourced from ExxonMobil's Enhanced Gas Utilization (EGU) project. ExxonMobil also sought...