Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 48

29-Nov-2010

KUWAIT

Kuwait Claims Crude Capacity Boost, But Analysts Question Ability To Lift Output

Kuwait has started commissioning a northern fields project to boost crude output capacity by 120,000 b/d, according to a local newspaper, citing the head of state-owned upstream firm Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). Al-Seyassah reports KOC Managing Director Sami al-Rushaid as saying that an early production facility (EPF) will boost northern capacity to...