VOL. XLIII

No. 29

17-July-2000

KUWAIT

Kuwait Sells Over 11Mn Barrels Of Crude Oil To Asia After Ahmadi Refinery Explosion

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has sold on a spot basis an incremental volume of at least 11.35mn barrels of crude oil to Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China and India) after the 25 June explosion at the Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, which caused the temporary shutdown of the 435,000 b/d plant, MEES understands from industry sources. Loading of the crude supplies will be...