Monday, 16 March 2009

Kuwait to scrap new refinery project: PM

Kuwait will scrap a 15-billion dollar project to build a new oil refinery after an independent watchdog said the project was not feasible, the prime minister said in comments published Sunday.

"The government is committed to the Audit Bureau report, and the council of ministers will officially halt the project at its next meeting," which takes place on Monday, Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah told Al-Watan daily.

Kuwait in May awarded contracts to build the 630,000-barrels per day refinery to four South Korean companies and a Japanese firm and later signed letters of intent with them.

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