VOL. XLII

No. 20

17-May-1999

KUWAIT

Kuwait Opens Bids For SCADA System, Approves Other OilProjects

The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has invited bids for aSupervisory, Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system which will control theoperation of about 195 oil wells near its northern border with Iraq. Productionfrom the wells is around 400,000 b/d. The tender will close on 4 July and theexact value of the project is not known. Meanwhile, the Kuwait Petroleum Corp.(KPC) has approved three projects: a...