VOL. XL

No. 29

21-July-1997

KUWAIT

No Political Motive Behind Total-KOC Technical Services Deal, Says Kuwaiti OilOfficial

In a statement to the press published on 11 July, a high-ranking Kuwaiti oil officialdenied that the award of the oilfield technical assistance consultancy contract toFrance's Total by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) was politically motivated or was concludedwithin "a framework for the distribution of shares" among companies fromcountries which took part in the liberation of...