VOL. XLV

No 5

4-February-2002

KUWAIT

RaudhatainOil Field Output Shut-In After Huge Blast At Gathering Center

Oilproduction from Kuwaits northern Raudhatain oilfield was shut down late on 31January after a huge blast and fire at an oilgathering center at the field. The blast killed three workers andinjured another 17 and set ablaze parts of gathering center (GC-15), whichprocesses up to 280,000 b/d of oil, gas booster station 130 and a power substationclose to the Iraqi border. GC-15 is part of a...