VOL. XLIII

No. 08

21-February-2000

KUWAIT

Discussion Of Draft Project Kuwait Law Awaits Resolution Of Government Crisis

The Kuwaiti Cabinets plan to discuss a draft law to be brought before parliament for regulating Project Kuwait has been put on hold, pending the resolution of a government crisis. Under Project Kuwait, the government will involve a consortium of international oil companies (IOCs) in doubling the capacity of the countrys northern oilfields to 900,000 b/d by 2005. Earlier this...