VOL. XLI

No. 30

27-July-1998

KUWAIT

Kuwait Oil Minister Says Joint Venture Refinery At Orissa Is Still Under Study

The Kuwait Minister of Oil, Shaikh Sa'ud Nasir al-Sabah, has denied that Kuwait hasstarted taking steps toward the construction of a joint-venture grassroots refinery withthe Indian Oil Corporation at Abhayachandrapur near Paradip in the Indian state of Orissa.Early this month, and after a long delay, the Indian Cabinet Committee approved theconstruction of the 185,000 b/d refinery...