VOL. XLII

No. 03

18-January-1999

SAUDI ARABIA/KUWAIT

European Commission Approves Kuwait Petroleum/OKP Joint Venture

The European Commission approved on 23 December plans by Kuwait Petroleum Svenska (KPS) and Swedens OK Petroleum to merge their petroleum assets and activities into a joint venture located in Sweden. KPS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and OK Petroleum is owned by the Saudi private firm Corral Petroleum Holdings AB. The new joint venture, called...