VOL. XLI

No. 09

2-March-1998

KUWAIT

Kuwait Oil Minister Confirms Plan For Increase Of Refining Capacity Abroad

The Kuwaiti Minister of Oil, Mr. Isa Muhammad al-Mazidi, has confirmed that Kuwait willestablish by the year 2000 a competitive refining capacity of 300,000 b/d in Europe and400,000 b/d in Asia, and that it was also planning to expand retail operations formarketing 500,000 b/d of petroleum products worldwide.

In an interview with the Bahrain-based weekly newsletter, Oil and Gas News, ...